Quoting Steve Litt (slitt@???):

> I think I know why, but I'll ask you anyway. Why don't you just put
> mount in /etc/sudoers and make it not require a password?

IMO, mounting / umounting is a sensitive operation (which is why Unix
makes it be that way, unless you screw with it) and should be treated as
such.

Also, I typically don't bother to set up sudo on my own systems.
Never really saw a compelling advantage, and I like to keep a nice,
clean distinction between privileged shells and non-privileged ones.