Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:28:30 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric L. Chen" <d9364104@mail.nchu.edu.tw>, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org>, freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot umount ntfs-3g without root prvilege. Message-ID: <20090209192830.6186C1CC0B@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:18:41 EST." <49908191.2030006@gmail.com>
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> Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:18:41 -0500 > From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> > > Kevin Oberman wrote: > >> Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:50:50 -0500 > >> From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> > >> Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org > >> > >> Eric L. Chen wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I followed http://www.freebsd.org/gnome, try to mount usb disk (ntfs > >>> formatted). > >>> It can be mounted, but cannot umount. > >>> We need ntfs usb disk for large file, since fat cannot support file that > >>> greater than 2GiB. > >>> BTW, I am using ntfs-3g for NTFS read/write support. > >>> > >> Have you followed the instructions in > >> /usr/local/share/docs/hal-0.5.11/README.fuse? > >> > >> Joe > >> > > > > I that method really better then a symlink from /sbin/mount_ntfs to > > /usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g? That seems to work for me, although I have not > > tested much. > > > The instructions in the readme are the best way... the patch is very > well tested and designed to be fairly idiot proof (I was one of the > idiots it needed to be proofed against) Aryeh, Thanks! I'll go that way since I don't think the world need more idiots today. (Then again, I may well already qualify.) -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
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