Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:56:29 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Ramiro Caso <misha_78@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Cannot perform user mounts after upgrade Message-ID: <20090120185629.GA84722@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <44priholzz.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <BAY102-W171EBA042719112EF65F0AE1D30@phx.gbl> <44priholzz.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 01:44:48PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > The mount point still has the same ownership (me) and permissions (755) as > > before. Both /etc/devfs.rules, /etc/rc.conf and /etc/sysctl.conf have the > > relevant lines for allowing user mounts, namely: > > > > /etc/sysctl.conf ==> vfs.usermount=1 > > /etc/devfs.rules ==> [localrules=10] > > add path 'da*s*' mode 0660 group usb > > /etc/rc.conf ==> devfs_system_ruleset="localrules" > > > > I don't recall this being necessary, but I also have devd enabled in rc.conf, > > although with no special rules for umass in devd.conf. Needless to say, I belong > > to group usb. This configuration worked before just fine. Any ideas? > > You certainly always needed permissions on a device to be able to mount > it. For a device already present at boot time, you would need an entry > in devfs.rules. For a device plugged in later, you would instead need > devd to know how to handle it. For stuff available at boot you should use devfs.conf. The devfs.rules file is for devices that are plugged in later. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkl2Hl0ACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUKSgCgqBxCw1VZglXlZujwrj+6cuf/ zP0AoKKEk6ChXT3R2fFbLljkIZ1yfHfB =KNRU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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