From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 8 13:13:57 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62C3716A420 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 13:13:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: from sohara.org (sohara.org [192.220.64.179]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 048D143D4C for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 13:13:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: (qmail 57777 invoked by uid 16563); 8 Feb 2006 13:13:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO df1.marelmo.com) ([159.134.156.40]) (envelope-sender ) by 192.220.64.179 (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 8 Feb 2006 13:13:55 -0000 Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 13:13:54 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20060208131354.59e9e8fb.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20060208064637.11c015ee.lists@elehack.net> References: <200602082240.04690.rbyrnes@mailshack.com> <20060208064637.11c015ee.lists@elehack.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.0.4 (GTK+ 2.8.10; i386-pc-dragonfly1) X-Face: %]+HVL}K`P8>+8ZcY-WGHP6j@&mxMo9JH6_WdgIgUGH)JX/usO0%jy7T~IVgqjumD^OBqX, Kv^-GM6mlw(fI^$"QRKyZ$?xx/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Trouble with mounting USB stick as user X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 13:13:57 -0000 On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 06:46:37 -0600 Michael Ekstrand wrote: > On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 22:40:04 +1100 > Rob wrote: > > Can anyone shed some light on what is happening here? > > AFAIK, only root can mount things under FreeBSD, period. I could be > wrong on this... but I looked around a while ago for something to do > the job of the Linux 'user' option, and found nothing. I kinda remember > trying changing permissions too. > > If I'm wrong, I'd love to be corrected :-). Ask and ye shall receive :) sysctl vfs.usermount=1 Will enable users to mount devices *provided* that they own the mount point and have access to the device node. -- C:>WIN | Directable Mirror Arrays The computer obeys and wins. | A better way to focus the sun You lose and Bill collects. | licences available see | http://www.sohara.org/