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Old 21st October 2008
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Default Mounting USB as a normal user

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/...usb-disks.html

I followed the handbook to configure BDS to mount usb drives as a normal user. I'm able to do it just fine with root user. But some thing is wrong for normal user. user is of operator group.

Here is what I see when FreeBSD boots up.
Code:
/etc/rc: WARNING: devfs_set_ruleset: you must specify a ruleset number
/etc/rc: WARNING: devfs_apply_ruleset: you must specify a ruleset
This must be either because I added
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[localrules=5]
add path 'da*' mode 0660 group operator
to /etc/devfs.rules

or

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devfs_system_ruleset="localrules"
to /etc/rc.conf

Here is what I see when I try to mount USB drive
Code:
> mount -t msdosfs /dev/da4s1 /mnt/usb/
mount_msdosfs: /dev/da4s1: : Operation not permitted
Any suggestion what might be wrong over here?
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install and configure sudo
That is one of the easiest ways to allow other users to mount usb....
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install and configure sudo
That is one of the easiest ways to allow other users to mount usb....
I'm not a big fan of sudo.
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why? It's small, easy to config....
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I don't know y? I guess because
1. I hate Ubuntu and I last used sudo in ubuntu. .
2. what I'm trying is from FreeBSD handbook and it is not working.
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I tried making users able to mount usb (i fallowed some guild that involved AMD)
In the end i gave up....

sudo is really the best and easy to implement solution of the problem.
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I tried making users able to mount usb (i fallowed some guild that involved AMD)
In the end i gave up....

sudo is really the best and easy to implement solution of the problem.
Just what I wanted to know, that it is not working for others too.

OK what I need to do apart for installing sudo, also what is the difference between sudo and su? Asking because from what I remember from my Ubuntu experience we use sudo followed by some command and then we need to enter the password. If there is no escape from entering password then why not use "su".
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sudo allows to execute 1 command as root
su - Switch User, name speaks for itself

with sudo you need to type your own password
with so you need to enter target user password

sudo can be configured to only allow specific commands (even with specific command line options) for specific users/groups
su, can't be configured this way, it will just let you be target user

giving root password to others is stupid thing to do
so natural choice is sudo
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Just curious, what is the permissions on /mnt/usb/?
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Just curious, what is the permissions on /mnt/usb/?
The thing is in different place....

/dev/daX are reated dynamically
so simple /etc/devfs.conf rules won't apply to them.

you need to fetch moment when /dev/daX is created and then change permissions for it, so user can access it (otherwise by default it's root/wheel)....
That's the hard part....
that's why simply giving user permissions to write to /mnt/usb won't work.
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Something is wrong with your devs.fs rule. Please post the complete /etc/devs.fs file.

Did you set vfs.usermount=1 as outlined by the FreeBSD handbook?
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Something is wrong with your devs.fs rule. Please post the complete /etc/devs.fs file.

Did you set vfs.usermount=1 as outlined by the FreeBSD handbook?
yes, i did set vfs.usermount=1, but now i have fresh install, and i already didn't try this for some 2-4 previous installs

currently i ain't got /etc/devs.fs
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Did you set vfs.usermount=1 as outlined by the FreeBSD handbook?
Yes I did too. I've gone through 3 to 4 times to see if I'm missing something, but no luck.

Also /mnt/usb is owned by the user trying to mount the usb drive. If it can't be done like this then shouldn't they remove this topic from the handbook.
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Something is wrong with your devs.fs rule. Please post the complete /etc/devs.fs file.

Did you set vfs.usermount=1 as outlined by the FreeBSD handbook?
Holly cow, i just made it
For the 1st time, ever since i use FreeBSD i was able to mount drive as simple user without sudo
Woooooooot
[it took me 3-4 restarts this time]

Thanks given out to rex for starting this and J65nko, for his useful (i mean it, if not you, i wouldn't bother again) post
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@killasmurf86 I was operating under the assumption that the permissions for the device were already set by then, but hey... you know what they say about making assumptions :\
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Rex, you have to fix the/etc/rc: WARNING: devfs_set_ruleset: you must specify a ruleset number
/etc/rc: WARNING: devfs_apply_ruleset: you must specify a ruleset
errors.

Secondly:
After you mounted the USD device, what is the output of ?
Code:
# ls -l /dev/da*
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Rex, you have to fix the/etc/rc: WARNING: devfs_set_ruleset: you must specify a ruleset number
/etc/rc: WARNING: devfs_apply_ruleset: you must specify a ruleset
errors.

Secondly:
After you mounted the USD device, what is the output of ?
Code:
# ls -l /dev/da*
speaking about numbers
it worked for me when i used
[localrules=10]
dunno, if tat is the case....


too bad, you need to create 1 folder per user that you want to be able to mount
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Too bad, you need to create 1 folder per user that you want to be able to mount
I am the only user on my sytems, but I use a /home/j65nko/usb mount directory.
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I am the only user on my sytems, but I use a /home/j65nko/usb mount directory.
What i mean, is it's pretty inflexible way
But with a little script you can fix that, can't you?



EDIT:
hmmm, i figured good thing, to try add relative path to fstab AND IT WORKED
now i can mount ./usb



EDIT2: I'm so happy


EDIT3: hey, is there a way to make mount auto detect filesystem on usb stick?
i'd really love to have auto in /etc/fstab

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Something is wrong with your devs.fs rule. Please post the complete /etc/devs.fs file.

Did you set vfs.usermount=1 as outlined by the FreeBSD handbook?
I too don't have /etc/dsvs.fs

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After you mounted the USD device, what is the output of ?
Code:
REX# ls -l /dev/da*
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 106 Oct 21 20:51 /dev/da0
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 107 Oct 21 20:51 /dev/da1
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 108 Oct 21 20:51 /dev/da2
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 109 Oct 21 20:51 /dev/da3
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 115 Oct 21 20:51 /dev/da4
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 116 Oct 21 20:51 /dev/da4s1
REX#
here da4 is my usb drive da0-3 are the card readers.

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Holly cow, i just made it
For the 1st time, ever since i use FreeBSD i was able to mount drive as simple user without sudo
Woooooooot
[it took me 3-4 restarts this time]

Thanks given out to rex for starting this and J65nko, for his useful (i mean it, if not you, i wouldn't bother again) post
You are making me jealous
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