Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:38:46 -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: <20090209203847.84B501CC0B@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:27:42 EST." <499091BE.3090503@gmail.com>
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> Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:27:42 -0500 > From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> > > Kevin Oberman wrote: > >> 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.) > > > There is only one sticking point if you use straight csup to update you > will need to reapply the patch every time you update /usr/src.... if > this is an issue I suggest you keep a private cvs repo as described in > development(7) [you will most likely just want to use the /usr/src2 > example and rename it /usr/src] > I already do that with the symlink. A minor annoyance. I'm still not keeping my own repo and hope I can keep it that way. -- 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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