Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 14:27:12 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Trouble with mounting USB stick as user Message-ID: <200602081327.k18DRCY2061980@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <20060208064637.11c015ee.lists@elehack.net>
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Michael Ekstrand <lists@elehack.net> wrote:
> Rob <rbyrnes@mailshack.com> 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...
You are wrong. :-)
> 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 :-).
You're welcome. :-)
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).
Of course, an alternative is to use sudo (ports/security/sudo)
or super (ports/security/super, which prefer).
Best regards
Oliver
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