Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 15:44:44 -0700 From: Joshua Oreman <oremanj@webserver.get-linux.org> To: Joshua Lokken <joshua@joshualokken.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev/... Message-ID: <20030415224444.GA60386@webserver.get-linux.org> In-Reply-To: <20030415180113.GA72565@joloxbox.joshualokken.com> References: <200304141536.05035.a.carter@intrasoft.lu> <200304150900.59043.epbox@yandex.ru> <200304151058.41895.epbox@yandex.ru> <200304150931.24484.a.carter@intrasoft.lu> <20030415180113.GA72565@joloxbox.joshualokken.com>
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On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 11:01:13AM -0700 or thereabouts, Joshua Lokken seemed to write: > * CARTER Anthony (a.carter@cordis.lu) wrote: > ==> You have to be owner (not group owner) of the mount point from what I can work > ==> out. > ==> > ==> Anthony > ==> > ==> On Tuesday 15 April 2003 08:58, Vladik Kozin wrote: > ==> > > Hi! What if I'd like ordinary users to be able to mount /dev/fd0, for > ==> > > instance, onto a common dir located in /mnt (/mnt/floppy)? > ==> > > I made mkdir -m 755 /mnt/floppy as root. When I try to mount fd0 onto > ==> > > this dir as an ordinary user I get "msdos: /dev/fd0: Operation not > ==> > > permitted" while when doing the same onto a dir that this user owns > ==> > > everything goes fine. _______________________________________________ > ==> > > ==> > Of course I checked the FAQ & did everything as said there. Specifically: > ==> > #su > ==> > # sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1 > ==> > # chmod 666 /dev/fd0 > ==> > #mkdir -m 755 /mnt/floppy > ==> > bash$ mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy > mount: vfsload(msdos): Operation not permitted > > OK, we've seen the faq section on this, and two clear, plain examples of the > exact procedure there not working properly. Does anyone have any new, not > rehashed, ideas of why this is? Thanks. > Since it's erroring on the vfsload(whatever), I think it is trying to load the msdosfs kld and failing. Try: # kldload msdosfs as root before you mount the FD as user. This is a wild guess, take with a grain of salt. YMMV. > > -- > Joshua > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Joshua (hee hee, same name :-)
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