Hi,
I have a backup server which has USB caddies attached to it, each holding a hard disk. I have recently rebuilt the server with 8.1, and have now found that it is not possible to mount these drives as user 'backup', whereas previously I have been able to. The command:
will work when I am root, but not when I am user 'backup'. I get:
Here is additional info:
Am I missing anything? Thanks in advance.
I have a backup server which has USB caddies attached to it, each holding a hard disk. I have recently rebuilt the server with 8.1, and have now found that it is not possible to mount these drives as user 'backup', whereas previously I have been able to. The command:
Code:
# mount -t ufs /dev/ufs/backup0 /mnt
will work when I am root, but not when I am user 'backup'. I get:
Code:
mount: /dev/ufs/backup0 : Operation not permitted
Here is additional info:
Code:
# ls -al /mnt
total 4
drwxrwxr-x 2 root operator 512 Nov 23 04:48 .
drwxr-xr-x 20 root wheel 512 Nov 23 11:28 ..
# ls -al /dev/ufs
total 1
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Nov 23 11:29 .
dr-xr-xr-x 8 root wheel 512 Nov 23 11:29 ..
crw-rw---- 1 root operator 0, 176 Nov 23 12:10 20101108140058OS
crw-rw---- 1 root operator 0, 150 Nov 23 11:30 20101122091721OS
crw-rw---- 1 root operator 0, 122 Nov 23 11:29 BackupUSBamd64
crw-rw---- 1 root operator 0, 178 Nov 23 12:10 backup0
# groups backup
operator
# sysctl vfs.usermount
vfs.usermount: 1
Am I missing anything? Thanks in advance.