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Date:      Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:22:35 -0500
From:      Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
To:        dan <glimp@live.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mount_msdosfs -L ... [odd behaviour ?]
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On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 6:13 AM, dan <glimp@live.com> wrote:

> Thank you for your research and prompt response. The module was available.
> I tried both: kldload in command line and adding it in loader.conf.
>
> Note. In case the module has not been been loaded,as a user, here, one gets
> 2 messages
> "mount_msdosfs: cannot find or load msdosfs_iconv kernel module"
> AND
>
> "mount_msdosfs: msdosfs_iconv: Operation not permitted"
>
> I wonder what Operation is not permitted as a user and what rights the user
> needs.


sysctl vfs.usermount=1

Although it doesn't seem correct that you can mount that FS if it's already
been mounted previously by root when that sysctl is at 0.

-- 
Adam Vande More



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