Mounting a CD image as a user under Linux

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Published on 2010-03-30T19:31:55Z Indexed on 2010/03/30 19:43 UTC
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I want to mount a (.iso) CD-image under Linux (I am using Ubuntu). I know that I can do it with mount using the loopback device, but for that, I need to be root. Is there any way to do it with user privileges?

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