Loop mount iso files without being root

There is a rather convenient way to mount ISO files (CD/DVD images) onto a directory on Linux, which goes as follows:mount -o loop,ro /path/to/image.iso /path/to/mountpoint
(where the mountpoint is a directory).

This method works very well, but has one essential drawback: you must be root in order to do that. So how do I get to do so as a regular user ?
A barely known alternative lies in , which uses the filesystem in user-space layer to accomplish that.
In order to use it, you must install the package fuseiso, which is available with the openSUSE distribution, and from the release repository (e.g. ) as well as from the and :zypper install fuseiso
Once that has been done (as root ;)), you can simply mount ISO files like this, without being root:fuseiso /path/to/image.iso /path/to/mountpoint
Note that as an additional benefit, fuseiso also supports images in NRG, BIN, MDF and IMG (dd) format, as well as zisofs.
In order to unmount, simply use fusermount -u, e.g. like this:fusermount -u /path/to/mountpoint - Full Post