Date: 07 Jan 2005 10:50:03 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Kevin Smith <smithcam@adelphia.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how do I permit ordinary users to mound SCSI devices ? Message-ID: <44is69me6s.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <41DE2FA3.4090500@adelphia.net> References: <41DE22AE.50101@adelphia.net> <41DE2457.20508@incubus.de> <41DE2FA3.4090500@adelphia.net>
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Kevin Smith <smithcam@adelphia.net> writes: > Matthias Buelow wrote: > > > Kevin Smith wrote: > > > >> How do I permit ordinary users to mound SCSI devices ? > >> > >> As suggested in the FAQ, section 9, I am able to allow members of > >> operator group mount the cdrom by setting sysctl -w vfs.usrmount=1 > >> This does not appear to work with SCSI devices. (ex: /dev/da0s2) > >> I get the error: > >> > mount -t msdos /dev/da0s2 ~/ipod > >> msdosfs: /dev/da0s2: Permission denied > > > > > > the last time I was bitten by that issue, the mount point had to be > > owned by the user (group write access apparently isn't enough). > > that's a bit of a problem with things like gui mounters and I hope > > that that behaviour will be changed sometime in the future. at > > least I can't see any security problems with a user being able to > > mount over a mountpoint where he only has group write access. > > > I thought that was the case, but I created a directory in the user's > home directory (as that user) and used it as the mount point and it > still does not permit it (see example above: ~/ipod is owned by the > user). It works with the cdrom device though- i can mount that as a > regular operator user. Sounds like the users don't have permissions on /dev/da0s2 but do have permissions on /dev/acd0.
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