Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:19:11 -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 ?] Message-ID: <AANLkTimj5gaf5gPKX7NyQtwgPvGmUGo1nB75LRmvh18f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP859CA7F78F3504D8931828DC450@phx.gbl> References: <BLU0-SMTP1086178B9ACF1907F247ADCDC440@phx.gbl> <DECFA273-6196-4D4F-97BE-3126B307ED19@mac.com> <BLU0-SMTP15340497DCA728BEF6F24B4DC450@phx.gbl> <AANLkTin19ydz-OHbnOnJjXo_i_Z2%2B0pfAWGU7L%2B8GHiR@mail.gmail.com> <BLU0-SMTP859CA7F78F3504D8931828DC450@phx.gbl>
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On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 7:53 AM, dan <glimp@live.com> wrote: > On 10/29/10 13:22, Adam Vande More wrote: > >> 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. >> >> > Hello > > vfs.usermount is already set. In fact, I can readily mount the filesystem > if I do not specify "-L ...". > > I did mount and then soon unmount the filesystem as root with "-L ...". I see now. The loading of the kernel module is not permitted as I think the mount command attempts to load it if necessary. I'm not aware of any method of granting access to user which would allow them to load/unload kernel modules. Only root level privs can do that. -- Adam Vande More
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