Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 16:21:17 +0200 From: Anders Troback <freebsd@troback.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (un)mounting usb disk as non root user Message-ID: <20080709162117.12611299@itpc02.gelita.swe> In-Reply-To: <17233.217.114.136.134.1215602962.squirrel@mail.dsa.es> References: <17233.217.114.136.134.1215602962.squirrel@mail.dsa.es>
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On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:29:22 -0000 (GMT)
"DSA - JCR" <juancr@dsa.es> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> FreeBSD 6.2
>
> I have made a copy system with USB disk and GELI for crypto.
>
> Now, I would like that one non root user can login run a shell form
> unmount the disk and change it, and then mount the new usb disk.
>
> I have the shell script done, but only works if it runs under root.
> When I tried to run under the user, I get
>
> unmount /mnt/usb1 - Operation not permited
>
> My user is in the group operator, but what more can I do?
>
> I want to let them a script that in the login moment they can safely
> change the usb disks.
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Juan Coruņa
> Desarrollo de Software Atlantico
>
>
>
Add the following line to your /etc/sysctl.conf file:
vfs.usermount=1
To enable it immediately run the following command as root:
sysctl vfs.usermount=1
The user must be the owner of the mount point!
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Anders Trobäck
http://www.troback.com/
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