On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 7:53 AM, dan <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/29/10 13:22, Adam Vande More wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 6:13 AM, dan<[email protected]> 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 ...".
I see now. The loading of the kernel module is not permitted as I think the mount command attempts to load it if necessary. I'm not aware of any method of granting access to user which would allow them to load/unload kernel modules. Only root level privs can do that. -- Adam Vande More _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
