mount_msdosfs -L ... [odd behaviour ?]

[dan]

On 10/29/10 13:22, Adam Vande More wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 6:13 AM, dan<glimp at 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 ...".

d