Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 11:17:54 +0000 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: s m <sam.gh1986@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Fwd: how to mount r/w encrypted partition when it is mount ad read-only? Message-ID: <52FCA9E2.40300@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <CAA_1SgENBe7Vk9ubbtaGag03A%2By5Tx=4q6bdxMajoYdcSFPL9w@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAA_1SgFoz1a9Z40UNF0H8YBgnx7C=UBvG7diU-D6BXFU5WjkDw@mail.gmail.com> <CAA_1SgENBe7Vk9ubbtaGag03A%2By5Tx=4q6bdxMajoYdcSFPL9w@mail.gmail.com>
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On 13/02/2014 08:40, s m wrote: > hello all > i have an encrypted user partition which is encrypted with geli. user is > mounted read-only. i want to mount it r/w for a short time, copy some files > on it and mount it read-only again. with unencrypted partitions, we can > change mount options. for example if an unencrypted user partition is > read-only mounted, we can mount it r/w by "mount -rw /usr" command. but > for encrypted partitions this command doesn't work and error "device busy" > occurs. > > is there any way to mount r/w encrypted partition when it is mounted as > read-only? Does "mount -uw /usr" work? It should update the r/w status of an already mounted file system.
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