Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 22:43:47 -0800 From: Kevin Smith <smithcam@adelphia.net> To: Matthias Buelow <mkb@incubus.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how do I permit ordinary users to mound SCSI devices ? Message-ID: <41DE2FA3.4090500@adelphia.net> In-Reply-To: <41DE2457.20508@incubus.de> References: <41DE22AE.50101@adelphia.net> <41DE2457.20508@incubus.de>
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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. -K > > mkb. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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