where/under what do I look for relaxing the privlege requirements for mounting/accessing devices?

[Lowell Gilbert]

"Jim Stapleton" <stapleton.41 at gmail.com> writes:

> I want a non-root user (I'm happy to limit it to wheel users), to be
> able to mount smb shares and rip music, but I don't know how to do
> this. Where can I find documentation on this?

For the mounting part, see the FAQ entry titled "How do I let ordinary
users mount floppies, CDROMs and other removable media?".

For ripping from CD, access to the device should be enough.