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Asked: 2010-09-14 20:19:09 +0800 CST

Can I mount an ISO without administrative privileges?

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Can I mount an ISO in Ubuntu 10.04 without requiring the use of sudo?

This is all I know how to do:

sudo mount -o loop -t iso9660 image.iso /media/iso

A few answers mentioned using something called "Archive Mounter". I've never noticed this before, but I do see it listed in the "Open With" list when right-clicking ISO files.

Where can I find documentation on how to use it?

cd mount

4 Answers

  1. To mount an ISO without administrator privileges you can use fuseiso:

    fuseiso image.iso ~/mountdir

    Unmount the image using fusermount:

    fusermount -u ~/mountdir

    If you don't have fuseiso you will have to install it from the repositories:

    sudo apt-get install fuseiso

    You will need administrator privileges to install.

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  2. Best Answer

    I have an option to "Open With..." when I right click on an ISO with an "Archive Mounter".

    This executes /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-archive which then mounts the ISO automatically. It's part of gvfs, which is installed by default. I am not sure if Nautilus is set to use it by default. (If someone can clarify in a comment I'll update this)

    To set it as an option as a default double click, right click on the ISO, select Properties and navigate to this tab and select the radio button to make use of it:

    alt text

    If it's not available as an option click Add and then select it from the list of applications, then you can go back to the tab and select it as a default action if hat's what you want. If you only use it on occasion having it in the Open With tab will have it show up when you right-click and Open With...

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  3. I think he means an alternative to mount -o loop?

    • Archive Mounter (default)
    • Furius ISO mount
    • Acetone ISO

    CD-Rom should work for users by default

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  4. The functionality you ask for should be perfectly covered by pmount (man page). In your case, the following command:

    pmount -o loop -t iso9660 image.iso iso

    should mount your image.iso under /media/iso

    EDIT: this doesn't work, as pmount has no "-o" option

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