In FreeBSD, you can allow normal users to mount CDROMs, DVDs, and USB devices by adding them to the operator
group. The operator
group is automatically granted the ability to mount removable devices.
To add a user to the operator
group, use the pw
utility as follows:
sudo pw groupmod operator -m <username>
Where <username>
is the name of the user you want to add to the operator
group. After adding the user to the group, log out and log back in for the changes to take effect.
If you want to add multiple users to the operator
group, you can list them as a space-separated list:
sudo pw groupmod operator -m user1 user2 user3
Once the users have been added to the operator
group, they should be able to mount CDROMs, DVDs, and USB devices without being root.