Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 18:32:57 -0400 From: Paul Murphy <pnmurphy@cogeco.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Weirdness with permissions after mounting USB flash drive Message-ID: <20031021183257.64beb716.pnmurphy@cogeco.ca> In-Reply-To: <20031021122614.GA34890@watt.intra.caraldi.com> References: <20031020225226.795d57f0.pnmurphy@cogeco.ca> <20031021071556.GA22651@watt.intra.caraldi.com> <20031021071520.4f890bb8.pnmurphy@cogeco.ca> <20031021122614.GA34890@watt.intra.caraldi.com>
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--Signature=_Tue__21_Oct_2003_18_32_57_-0400_qrqD9B/VzRc5vJUe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 14:26:17 +0200 Jean-Baptiste Quenot <jb.quenot@caraldi.com> wrote: > * Paul Murphy: > > > Jean-Baptiste Quenot <jb.quenot@caraldi.com> wrote: > > > > > * Paul Murphy: > > > > > > > I _can_ read/write to it as root, but I would really like to > > > > use > > > > it as a non-root user. Any thoughts as to why this is happening? > > > > > > [...] in /etc/fstab you may adjust the mode, see below -m700 > > > for msdos filesystem: > > > > > > /dev/da0s1 /mnt/usbkey msdos rw,-m700,noauto 0 0 > > > > fstab: /dev/da0s1 /flash_drive msdos rw,-m775,noauto 0 0 > > > > > > mounted permisions: d--------- 1 root wheel 22016 Dec 31 > > 1979 flash_drive > > FWIW you could check if your specific FreeBSD supports the -m switch > by looking at the mount_msdosfs man page. > Seems to, at least the man page says so. Also tried 'chmod 755 /flash_drive' after the fact, but it is silently ignored. I'm stumped! -- Cogeco ergo sum --Signature=_Tue__21_Oct_2003_18_32_57_-0400_qrqD9B/VzRc5vJUe Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/lbQhTv5Mxsi/WPMRAqJ4AJ9iMNLPgj9iOOIaoaA2+tfqDuW52ACfbh7P Bw0eopeCgMlYxRAh7Z7P5tM= =mH0O -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Tue__21_Oct_2003_18_32_57_-0400_qrqD9B/VzRc5vJUe--
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