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@Seth's answer is an alternative to mine, but his answer gives the user mount authority to <b>any/all</b> devices. My answer <b>only</b> gives authority for <b>/dev/sdb</b>.
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@Seth's answer is an alternative to mine, but his answer gives the user mount authority to any/all devices. My answer only gives authority for /dev/sdb.

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right, both methods work<br />
just a matter of what context does the user want to give access
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right, both methods work
just a matter of what context does the user want to give access

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in my case, patty needed to be able to mount multiple devices, but as mentioned, both solutions work and handle different situations.
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in my case, patty needed to be able to mount multiple devices, but as mentioned, both solutions work and handle different situations.

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Running Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 6.4<br />
How do i allow user patty to mount and unmount a RD1000 disk?<br />
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# /sbin/mount /dev/sdb /mnt/rd1000<br />
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when patty tries, get the error:<br />
mount: only root can do that
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Running Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 6.4
How do i allow user patty to mount and unmount a RD1000 disk?

# /sbin/mount /dev/sdb /mnt/rd1000

when patty tries, get the error:
mount: only root can do that

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