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Date:      Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:27:38 -0500
From:      Lane <lane@joeandlane.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: "User" mount of usb "key" drive ... question
Message-ID:  <200610252027.39135.lane@joeandlane.com>
In-Reply-To: <200610252107.28213.nb_root@videotron.ca>
References:  <453FEAB3.9030409@bigfoot.com> <200610252001.38136.lane@joeandlane.com> <200610252107.28213.nb_root@videotron.ca>

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On Wednesday 25 October 2006 20:07, Nicolas Blais wrote:
> > Thanks, Paul
> >
> > I had a similar setup in /etc/rc.conf and /etc/devfs.rules which didn't
> > work.
> >
> > I copied yours and then rebooted, but I still get "operation not
> > permitted" when attempting to mount the usb drive as a non-root user.
> >
> > Thanks for your attention.
> >
> > lane
>
> Do you have this in your /etc/sysctl.conf :
> vfs.usermount=1
Ahhh... I just found that!

Plus, apparently the user must own the mount point.

It works now.

Thanks again for all of your help!

lane



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