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Date:      Sat, 07 Feb 2004 15:22:29 -0500
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Didier Wiroth <didier.wiroth@mcesr.etat.lu>
Cc:        FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: vfs.usermount=1, bug?
Message-ID:  <1076185348.25803.4.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <c11ba4d1.a4d1c11b@etat.lu>
References:  <c11ba4d1.a4d1c11b@etat.lu>

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On Sat, 2004-02-07 at 15:18, Didier Wiroth wrote:
> Hi,=20
> using freebsd5.2-release=20
> I've set vfs.usermount=3D1 in sysctl.conf.=20
> Normal user get permission denied when trying to=20
> mount an ntfs permission (slice ars01), until root=20
> has mount and umount it at least once.=20
> See the following=20
> =20
> File permission on /dev/ar0s1 is 644 and owned by=20
> root:operator=20
> =20
> User ddais member of group dda, wheel & operator.=20
> =20
> A) Mounting as user dda:=20
> dda@work:~> mount_ntfs /dev/ar0s1 mnt/ntfs/=20
> mount_ntfs: /dev/ar0s1: Operation not permitted=20
> =20
> Mounting was not permitted =20
> =20
> Changing to root:=20
> dda@work:~> su=20
> Password:=20
> ROOT@work:/home/dda# mount_ntfs /dev/ar0s1=20
> mnt/ntfs=20
> =20
> Slice was mounted without problem, let's umount=20
> it, and change back to user dda.=20
> ROOT@work:/home/dda# umount mnt/ntfs=20
> ROOT@work:/home/dda# exit=20
> exit=20
> =20
> B) TRY AGAIN NOW AS USER DDA=20
> dda@work:~> mount_ntfs /dev/ar0s1 mnt/ntfs/=20
> =20
> NOw it works?! Hmm...!?=20
> =20
> Any suggestions?!=20

The ntfs.ko kernel module wasn't loaded until root issued the command.=20
While usermount allows users to mount file systems, it does not allow
users to load kernel modules.

Joe

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