Trying to find out how to mount as user

[C. P. Ghost]

On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Leslie Jensen <leslie at eskk.nu> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I want to write a script, where I as a normal user, can back up my files
> with rsync to another machine (pc01), which shares a directory via NFS.
>
> I have an entry in the local machines /etc/fstab
>
> pc01:/backup /mnt/backup    nfs     rw,noauto       0       0
>
>
> The command:
> mount /mnt/backup works as root.
>
> If I do sudo mount /mnt/backup I get
> [tcp] pc01:/backup: Permission denied
>
> I'm a member of the local wheel group and at the remote machine as
> well(pc01)
>
> pc01:/backup has
> drwxrwxr-x  28 root  wheel  1024  1 Jan 14:44 backup/
>
>
> The local mount point /mnt/backup has
> drwxr-xr-x   5 root  wheel  512  1 Jan 17:18 mnt/
>
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  512  1 Jan 11:38 backup/
>
> I've tried to ad write permissions to the group, but it did not help me.
>
> I understand that I have a permission problem but I can't figure it out.

Try setting vfs.usermount to 1:

# sysctl vfs.usermount=1

-cpghost.

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