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Date:      Wed, 08 Feb 2006 19:36:36 +0100
From:      martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        olli@lurza.secnetix.de
Subject:   Re: Trouble with mounting USB stick as user
Message-ID:  <43EA3A34.8070801@pobox.sk>
In-Reply-To: <200602081327.k18DRCY2061980@lurza.secnetix.de>
References:  <20060208064637.11c015ee.lists@elehack.net> <200602081327.k18DRCY2061980@lurza.secnetix.de>

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Oliver Fromme wrote:
> 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
> 


hello,

i must be missing something (and i'm quite convinced that it worked when
i set it up initially) ...


[mb-aw1n-bsd][mato][~]
$ id
uid=1001(mato) gid=1001(mato) groups=1001(mato), 0(wheel), 5(operator)
[mb-aw1n-bsd][mato][~]
$ sysctl vfs.usermount
vfs.usermount: 1
[mb-aw1n-bsd][mato][~]
$ ll mnt/
total 10
drwxr-x---  2 mato  mato  512 Dec 11 20:44 cdrom
drwxr-x---  2 mato  mato  512 Dec 11 20:44 dos
drwxr-x---  2 mato  mato  512 Dec 11 20:44 fat
drwxr-x---  2 mato  mato  512 Dec 11 20:44 lin
drwxr-x---  2 mato  mato  512 Dec 11 20:44 win
[mb-aw1n-bsd][mato][~]
$ grep "/mato" /etc/fstab
/dev/acd0       /usr/home/mato/mnt/cdrom        cd9660  ro,noauto
0      0
/dev/ad0s1      /usr/home/mato/mnt/dos  msdosfs ro,noauto       0       0
/dev/ad0s5      /usr/home/mato/mnt/fat  msdosfs
ro,noatime,noauto,-Lsk_SK.ISO8859-2     0       0
/dev/ad0s6      /usr/home/mato/mnt/win  ntfs    ro,noauto       0       0
/dev/ad0s7      /usr/home/mato/mnt/lin  ext2fs  ro,noauto       0       0
[mb-aw1n-bsd][mato][~]
$ ll /dev/ad0
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  96 Feb  8 18:27 /dev/ad0
[mb-aw1n-bsd][mato][~]
$ mount /usr/home/mato/mnt/win/
mount_ntfs: /dev/ad0s6: Operation not permitted
[mb-aw1n-bsd][mato][~]
$ mount /usr/home/mato/mnt/lin/
mount_ext2fs: /dev/ad0s7: Operation not permitted
[mb-aw1n-bsd][mato][~]
$ mount /usr/home/mato/mnt/fat/
mount_msdosfs: cannot find or load "msdosfs_iconv" kernel module
mount_msdosfs: msdosfs_iconv: Operation not permitted
[mb-aw1n-bsd][mato][~]
$ mount /usr/home/mato/mnt/dos/
[mb-aw1n-bsd][mato][~]
$


any hint pls ??

cheers,

martin



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