Hi - followed FAQ but can't mount USB key as user

[Andy Elvey]

usleepless at gmail.com wrote:
> Andy,
>
> On Jan 8, 2008 9:48 AM, Andy Elvey <andy.elvey at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>   
>> Hi all -
>>
>>  I've recently installed FreeBSD 6.2-release - very impressed!
>>
>> Just a small problem. I'm unable to mount my USB key as a user.  ( I can
>> mount it as root,  using the
>> command  "mount -t msdos /dev/da0s1 /mnt "  )
>>
>> This is what I get when I try to mount it as a user -
>> $ mount -t msdos /dev/da0s1 /home/andy
>> mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0s1: Permission denied
>>
>> $ mount -t msdos /dev/da0s1 /mnt
>> mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0s1: Operation not permitted
>>
>> I followed the instructions in the FAQ ( section 9.23 ) to the letter (
>> the only change being that that doesn't mention
>> USB devices, so I've substituted the USB device name  da0 for the device
>> names there.  )
>>     
>
> hmmm, freebsd.org seems to be broken for me....
>
> - man devfs.rules
>
> - create /etc/devfs.rules: ( substitute wheel for the group you want )
>
> [localrules=10]
> add path 'da*s*' mode 0660 group wheel
>
> - append to /etc/rc.conf:
>
> devfs_system_ruleset="localrules"
>
> - make sure the dir you are mounting on is owned by the user who
> issues the mount command.
>
> - make sure vfs.usermount=1
>
> - reboot after changing devfs.rules & rc.conf
>
> worked for me, let us know if it worked for you.
>
> regards,
>
> usleep
>   
  Hi usleep - many thanks for this!   I'll let you know soon :-)
  Bye for now -
- Andy