Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 08:35:40 -0600 From: Michael Ekstrand <lists@elehack.net> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Trouble with mounting USB stick as user Message-ID: <20060209083540.0cbdbfb0.lists@elehack.net> In-Reply-To: <200602081327.k18DRCY2061980@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <20060208064637.11c015ee.lists@elehack.net> <200602081327.k18DRCY2061980@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 14:27:12 +0100 (CET) Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> wrote: > To enable user mounts, there are three conditions: > 1. sysctl vfs.usermount=1 > 2. The user must have read+write permission on the device > which is to be mounted. This is usually accomplished > by creating a special group for this device. > 3. The user must _own_ the mountpoint (r/w permission is > not sufficient). Excellent :-). I now have my USB flash stick mounting as my regular user (and thanks to [LoN]Kamikaze for the devfs.rules hints). > Of course, an alternative is to use sudo (ports/security/sudo) > or super (ports/security/super, which prefer). That's what I've been doing, but it doesn't play so well with a GUI file manager. Of course, some provide the option to use sudo/gksu/whatever, but not ROX at this point AFAIK. Again, thanks all for pleasantly proving me wrong :-). - Michael
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