[FAQ pointer] Re: permissions

[Lowell Gilbert]

arden <arden at nildram.co.uk> writes:

> the prob ive got at the mo is that only root can mount my cd drive how
> do i halter its permissions so standard user can use it 

"How do I let ordinary users mount floppies, CDROMs and other removable media?"
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#USER-FLOPPYMOUNT
> on a similar vain on my linux boxes i can su root but i get a message
> saying "sorry" is this a bsd thing ?

"Why do I get the error, ``you are not in the correct group to su root'' when I try to su to root?"
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#SU-WHEEL-GROUP