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Date:      Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:30:48 -0600
From:      ajm <ajm91qw@sbcglobal.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: trouble mounting Olympus WS-310M voice recorder
Message-ID:  <20070123063048.GA728@powerfull.bsd>
In-Reply-To: <45B59227.3010204@u.washington.edu>
References:  <922655.25365.qm@web35313.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <45B3F6CE.3060402@netscape.net> <20070122010355.GA1544@powerfull.bsd> <45B59227.3010204@u.washington.edu>

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On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 08:42:15PM -0800, Garrett Cooper wrote:
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> ajm wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 12:27:10AM +0100, Tore Lund wrote:
> >> Andrew Gould wrote:
> >>> [snip]
> > 
> > this is from a previous message in the thread:
> >> attempt:  mount -tmsdos -orw /dev/da0s1 /mnt/ws310
> > 
> > try as root or su to root
> > 
> > # mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt/ws310
> 
> Interestingly enough I tried out these steps as root to see if I could
> resimulate this with my camera and I ended up with the same results.
> Only by trying to mount the camera as root could I succeed.
> 
> Does anyone have a FAT16/FAT32 drive properly mounting under FreeBSD as
> a non-root user? If so, did you modify /dev, /etc/devfs.conf, or are you
> using amd(8)?
> 
> - -Garrett
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Take a look at   sudoers(5)   and   visudo(8)

I use sudo to mount my mass storage compliant devices with the 
following command as regular user:

for my mp3 player
[ajm@bsd]$ sudo mount_msdosfs /dev/da?s1 /usr/home/ajm/mnt/mp3player

for my camera
[ajm@bsd]$ sudo mount_msdosfs /dev/da?s1 /usr/home/ajm/mnt/kodak

for a memory card reader
[ajm@bsd]$ sudo mount_msdosfs /dev/da?s1 /usr/home/ajm/mnt/card_reader

Just make sure you change the  ?  to an actual device number.
You do need to create the /mnt directories in your own home directory 
so that you can read and write to those devices as a regular user.

Also use sudo to un mount the device:

[ajm@bsd]$ sudo umount_msdosfs /dev/da?s1

NOTE: I did not change anything in the /etc/devfs.conf or am I using 
amd(8).

-- 
Alexander
FreeBSD 6.0 RELEASE i386



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