Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:41:28 -0500 From: Mark Kane <mark@mkproductions.org> To: Norman Maurer <norman@apache.org> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: zfs list and non-root user Message-ID: <20080411134128.7fc373b0@mkproductions.org> In-Reply-To: <1207919596.3113.1.camel@norman-laptop> References: <1207919596.3113.1.camel@norman-laptop>
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On Fri, Apr 11, 2008, at 15:13:16 +0200, Norman Maurer wrote: > Hi all, > > is it normal that I can't do a 'zfs list' ( for example ) as non-root > user ? > > $ zfs list > internal error: failed to initialize ZFS library > > I think there is really a use case for use some zfs commands as > non-root user.. > > Thx > Norman Hi. One way to do this as a non-root user is to add the account to the "operator" group. This is what I do on my personal desktop machine and it has worked fine, but I understand that may not be best in all cases. You might also try changing the permissions on /dev/zfs. I don't do this method and I'm not sure if it's a proper way, but from trying it very briefly it seems to work correctly with the user not in the "operator" group. Hope that helps, -Mark -- Internet Radio: Party107 (Trance/Electronic) - http://www.party107.com Rock 101.9 The Edge (Rock) - http://www.rock1019.net IRC: MIXXnet IRC Network - irc.mixxnet.net (Nick: MIXX941)
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