zfs - no access to a Mac OS X zfs pool without root privileges

[Jeremy Chadwick]

On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 07:25:45PM +0300, Boris Kotzev wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I used the zfs port to Mac OS X (http://zfs.macosforge.org) to create 
> a storage pool under Mac OS X. The pool can be imported successfully 
> under FreeBSD:
> 
> root:~-114# zpool import macpool
> root:~-115# zpool list macpool
> NAME      SIZE   USED  AVAIL    CAP  HEALTH  ALTROOT
> macpool  6,94G   510K  6,94G     0%  ONLINE  -
> root:~-116# zfs list macpool
> NAME      USED  AVAIL  REFER  MOUNTPOINT
> macpool   474K  6,83G   308K  /macpool
> 
> and is fully accessible to the root user:
> 
> root:~-118# id
> uid=0(root) gid=0(wheel) groups=0(wheel),5(operator)
> root:~-119# ls -ld /macpool
> drwxr-xr-x  7 root  wheel  8  7 ??? 16:59 /macpool
> root:~-120# ls -l /macpool
> total 43
> drwx------  3 root  wheel      3  7 ??? 16:31 .Spotlight-V100
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  35014  7 ??? 16:31 .VolumeIcon.icns
> drwx------  2 root  wheel      4  7 ??? 16:32 .fseventsd
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel      2  7 ??? 16:59 backup
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel      2  7 ??? 16:59 downloads
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel      2  7 ??? 16:58 music
> 
> According to the file permissions on /macpool (drwxr-xr-x), anyone 
> should have read access to it. This is not the case though:
> 
> root:~-121# su user
> % id
> uid=1003(user) gid=1003(user) groups=1003(user),0(wheel),5(operator)
> % ls -l /macpool
> ls: /macpool: Permission denied
> % cd /macpool
> /macpool: Permission denied.
> 
> Is this a bug, or is there some way to get access to /macpool as an 
> ordinary user?
> 
> The pool was created under version zfs-119 of the Mac OS X port; the 
> FreeBSD version is:
> 
> root:~-122# uname -a
> FreeBSD xxxx 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #0: Sat Aug  2 14:19:33 
> EEST 2008  root at xxxx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MACBOOK  amd64
> 
> with the latest zfs patch, but the problem was also present before 
> applying the patch.

As root, what does "zfs get all macpool" return on FreeBSD?

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