Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 20:56:09 -0500 From: ajm <ajm91qw@sbcglobal.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to mount USB key Message-ID: <20070607015609.GC749@powerfull.bsd> In-Reply-To: <200706061321.57016.mike.jeays@rogers.com> References: <716841580706060957o4cae2a93lc24ef11c29c06af9@mail.gmail.com> <200706061321.57016.mike.jeays@rogers.com>
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On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 01:21:56PM -0400, Mike Jeays wrote:
> On Wednesday 06 June 2007 12:57, Oscar Chavarria wrote:
> > I want to copy files to it. I introduced the key and was recognized as da0.
> >
> > I did ls dev/da0 ==> dev/da0
> >
> > Then
> >
> > mount /dev/da0 /home ==> incorrect super block.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for any help.
>
> If it is a DOS-format device, you need to say
> mount -t mdsos /dev/da0 /mnt
> or maybe
> mount -t msdos /dev/da0s1 /mnt
>
>
In my /etc/sysctl.conf file I have the following:
-------------------
# user mounts devices
vfs.usermount=1
-------------------
In my /usr/local/etc/sudoers file I have the following:
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# Defaults specification
Defaults env_reset
Defaults timestamp_timeout=0
Defaults tty_tickets
Defaults requiretty
Defaults passwd_timeout=1
# User privilege specification
alex ALL=/sbin/umount,\
/sbin/mount_msdosfs
-------------------
I have added user alex to the wheel group
To mount the device as regular user (alex), I created a sub-directory in
my home directory.
In this example, my home directory is alex and the
sub-directory is mnt_drive
Execute the following to mount the drive...considering that /dev/da0 is
the drive to mount.
sudo mount_msdosfs /dev/da0 /usr/home/alex/mnt_drive
Execute the following to un-mount the drive
sudo umount /usr/home/alex/mnt_drive
Hope it helps...
--
Alexander
FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE i386
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