Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:37:14 +0000 From: lysergius2001 <lysergius2001@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, lysergius2001@gmail.com Subject: Re: "Operation not permitted" when mounting floppy or cdrom Message-ID: <a558ebe30702191237w73a256e5j66bb756b10ed7321@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200702191338.l1JDctT0057776@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <a558ebe30702171211r749f2e8cv7869b8d1501cf58b@mail.gmail.com> <200702191338.l1JDctT0057776@lurza.secnetix.de>
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Thanks everyone. On 2/19/07, Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> wrote: > > lysergius2001 <lysergius2001@gmail.com> wrote: > > FreeBSD 6.2. Recently installed will not permit user mount of floppy > disk, > > cdrom, or usb. Works fine as root. Checked devfs.conf, devfs.rules, > fstab, > > /dev. Nothing seems to make a difference. > > For ordinary users to be able to mount file systems, three > conditions have to be met: > > -1- sysctl vfs.usermount=3D1 > > -2- The user must have read+write access to the device > to be mounted. Usually you will solve that via > group permissions, e.g. create a group for people > who are allowed to mount a certain device, then put > those people into that group (via /etc/group), and > change the permission modes of the device so that > the group can read+write it. > > -3- The user must own the mount point. Note that read+ > write access is not sufficient here, and group rights > don't matter -- the user must be the owner of the > mount point. > > Best regards > Oliver > > -- > Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. > Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Gesch=E4ftsfuehrun= g: > secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht M=FC= n- > chen, HRB 125758, Gesch=E4ftsf=FChrer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Geb= hart > Any opinions expressed in this message are personal to the author and may > not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix GmbH & Co KG in any way. > FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd > > "C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success." > -- Dennis M. Ritchie. > --=20 Lysergius says, "Stay light, but trust gravity"
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