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Date:      Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:36:08 +0200
From:      Jona Joachim <jaj13@web.de>
To:        norbert@akumakun.de
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Too dumb to mount as non privileged user
Message-ID:  <450E84A8.8010407@web.de>
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norbert@akumakun.de wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> using a 6.2-PRERELEASE I am not able to let a normal user mount a cdrom.
> I have tried the following:
> 
> o vfs.usermount=1 to sysctl.conf
> o added group usermounters
> o added user to usermounters
> o own acd0 root:usermounters to devfs.conf
> o perm acd0 0660 to devfs.conf
> o created directory with ownership of non privileged user
> o reboot
> 
> Trying to mount as user to the users own directory yields 'operation not permitted' error.
> 
> So I changed the ownerships to 0666 but this didn't help either.
> I doublechecked sysctl, groups and ownerships. Can please anybody give me a hint?

Make sure the cd9660 kernel module is loaded before you mount a CD as
user. The first time you mount a CD the module is loaded but a user is
not allowed to load a kernel module. You may want to load the module
during boot time by putting a corresponding entry in /boot/loader.conf

--jona



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