Sudo/Mount Question

So recently I've started using the /etc/sudoers file to grant
permissions to my users for certain processes/commands. One of these
command is mount. TAfter the user has mounted a filesystem using
sudo ,that filesystem is owned by root. Thus making it impossible for
them to add or remove any files.

So I guess my question is it possible to use the /etc/sudoers file
with the mount command so users can actually use the filesystems
mounted? Or is there a way to mount a file system so anybody has read/
write permissions and not just root?

I've looked online and seen a few people fix this with fstab changes
but I'm trying not to mess around with our fstab file if possible. I'm
not against doing it this way, but I'd like to find an alternative if
possible. Thanx

UKnicks wrote:
> So recently I've started using the /etc/sudoers file to grant
> permissions to my users for certain processes/commands. One of these
> command is mount. TAfter the user has mounted a filesystem using
> sudo ,that filesystem is owned by root. Thus making it impossible for
> them to add or remove any files.
>
> So I guess my question is it possible to use the /etc/sudoers file
> with the mount command so users can actually use the filesystems
> mounted? Or is there a way to mount a file system so anybody has read/
> write permissions and not just root?
>
> I've looked online and seen a few people fix this with fstab changes
> but I'm trying not to mess around with our fstab file if possible. I'm
> not against doing it this way, but I'd like to find an alternative if
> possible. Thanx

Hey,

I have always done this using the fstab, but see know reason you
couldn't let users issue the same mount options via sudo. You need the
mount options for your users, so your options are limited.

JR.


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