blubee blubeeme wrote (2018/01/14):
> if you first run the mount_msdosfs command as root, it'll load the locale
> settings just fine.
> If you logout or reboot and try to call mount_msdosfs -L [locale] as a
> regular user;
> The command will fail.
If you have kiconvtool already installed and userm
e option to set locale like
>>>>>> this:
>>>>>> mount_msdosfs -L en_US.UTF-8 /dev/da0s1 $HOME/usb
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This returns operation not permitted.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> usrmount is set to 1 and everythin
n not permitted.
>>>>>
>>>>> usrmount is set to 1 and everything mounts as expected w/o root if I
>>>>> remove
>>>>> the locale option. The problem here is that my document filenames are
>>>>> garbled and I can&#
oblem here is that my document filenames are
>>>> garbled and I can't actually open the files.
>>>>
>>>> kiconvtool: https://wiki.freebsd.org/DmitryMarakasov/kiconvtool
>>>> is said to work but it does not, after installing it I sti
ount is set to 1 and everything mounts as expected w/o root if I
>>> remove
>>> the locale option. The problem here is that my document filenames are
>>> garbled and I can't actually open the files.
>>>
>>> kiconvtool: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Dmitry
is that my document filenames are
>> garbled and I can't actually open the files.
>>
>> kiconvtool: https://wiki.freebsd.org/DmitryMarakasov/kiconvtool
>> is said to work but it does not, after installing it I still get the exact
>> same error.
>>
.org/DmitryMarakasov/kiconvtool
> is said to work but it does not, after installing it I still get the exact
> same error.
>
> Have you tried to kldload msdosfs_iconv first?
Is there a way to set locale when using mount_msdosfs without sudo?
> ___
This is a repost from freebsd-question; Hoping to get more exposure and
help here.
I am trying to run mount_msdosfs with the option to set locale like this:
mount_msdosfs -L en_US.UTF-8 /dev/da0s1 $HOME/usb
This returns operation not permitted.
usrmount is set to 1 and everything mounts as expec
