Answer by R. S. for Why does mount require root privileges?

It doesn't always require super privs. From man mount

   The non-superuser mounts.
          Normally,  only  the  superuser can mount filesystems.  However,
          when fstab contains the user option on a line, anybody can mount
          the corresponding system.

          Thus, given a line

                 /dev/cdrom  /cd  iso9660  ro,user,noauto,unhide

          any  user  can  mount  the iso9660 filesystem found on his CDROM
          using the command

                 mount /dev/cdrom

          or

                 mount /cd

          For more details, see fstab(5).  Only the user  that  mounted  a
          filesystem  can unmount it again.  If any user should be able to
          unmount, then use users instead of user in the fstab line.   The
          owner option is similar to the user option, with the restriction
          that the user must be the owner of the special file. This may be
          useful e.g. for /dev/fd if a login script makes the console user
          owner of this device.  The group option  is  similar,  with  the
          restriction  that  the  user  must be member of the group of the
          special file.