"User" mount of usb "key" drive ... question

Lane lane at joeandlane.com
Thu Oct 26 01:23:37 UTC 2006


On Wednesday 25 October 2006 20:07, Nicolas Blais wrote:
> > Thanks, Paul
> >
> > I had a similar setup in /etc/rc.conf and /etc/devfs.rules which didn't
> > work.
> >
> > I copied yours and then rebooted, but I still get "operation not
> > permitted" when attempting to mount the usb drive as a non-root user.
> >
> > Thanks for your attention.
> >
> > lane
>
> Do you have this in your /etc/sysctl.conf :
> vfs.usermount=1
Ahhh... I just found that!

Plus, apparently the user must own the mount point.

It works now.

Thanks again for all of your help!

lane


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