how to unmount ntfs-3g ?

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ahavatar

Greetings,

I've installed fusefs-ntfs and changed some settings on my FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE:

Code: 
# pkg_add -r fusefs-nfts
# sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1
# mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.orig
# ln -s /usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g /sbin/mount_ntfs
added a line to /etc/rc.conf
Code: 
fusefs_enable="YES"
and in gconf-editor, I deleted the -m option of ntfs since ntfs-3g has no such option.

On my Gnome 2.30.2, I can mount an NTFS partition by clicking Place->Removable Media->WIN DATA, where "WIN DATA" is the label of an NTFS partition.

So far so good, now if I want to unmount the partition, it failed with a "operation not permitted" message.

I'd appreciate any info or help to solve this problem. It would be great to mount/umount an NTFS partition like a Linux system with ntfs-3g.
 
I believe you must mess with /usr/local/etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf. Add something like
Code: 
<match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.unmount-others">
  <match user="ahavatar">
    <return result="yes"/>
  </match>
</match>
right before </config>.

I am not sure if the action is the right one though, so anyone feel free to correct me.

By the way, vfs.usermount=1 should go into /etc/sysctl.conf or it will be gone the next time you reboot the machine.
 
Beastie said:
I believe you must mess with /usr/local/etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf.
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I suspect the default PolicyKit.conf is okay because I can mount and unmount an FAT32 partition on my FreeBSD 8.1/Gnome 3.20.

After mounting an FAT32 and an NTFS partitions

Code: 
$ mount
/dev/ad4s2a on / (ufs, local)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, multilabel)
/dev/ad4s2e on /tmp (ufs, local, soft-updates)
/dev/ad4s2f on /usr (ufs, local, soft-updates)
/dev/ad4s2d on /var (ufs, local, soft-updates)
procfs on /proc (procfs, local)
linprocfs on /usr/compat/linux/proc (linprocfs, local)
/dev/ad4s9 on /media/FAT32 SHARE (msdosfs, local, nosuid)
/dev/fuse0 on /media/WIN DATA (fusefs, local, nosuid, synchronous)

I can unmount FAT32 partition by right-click'ing the harddisk icon on my Gnome desktop and selecting Unmount. But I can't do that for an NTFS partition mounted with ntfs-3g.

However, I can manually unmount an NTFS partition as a root.
Code: 
$ umount /dev/fuse0
umount: unmount of /media/WIN DATA failed: Operation not permitted
$ su
# umount /dev/fuse0
#

Is there something with the device name /dev/fuse0 that gets Gnome or HAL confused here? Any ideas?
 
ahavatar said:
However, I can manually unmount an NTFS partition as a root.
Code: 
$ umount /dev/fuse0
umount: unmount of /media/WIN DATA failed: Operation not permitted
$ su
# umount /dev/fuse0
#

Is there something with the device name /dev/fuse0 that gets Gnome or HAL confused here? Any ideas?
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Don't unmount the device, unmount the mountpoint:
# umount /media/WIN\ DATA

Although that's probably something you shouldn't do, since the system (probably hal) mounted that device and might be surprised to find it missing.

Also: please don't use spaces in file names. Dashes and underlines are free, and 87.36% less evil than spaces.
 
wblock said:
Don't unmount the device, unmount the mountpoint:
# umount /media/WIN\ DATA

Although that's probably something you shouldn't do, since the system (probably hal) mounted that device and might be surprised to find it missing.

Also: please don't use spaces in file names. Dashes and underlines are free, and 87.36% less evil than spaces.
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Code: 
# umount /media/WIN\ DATA
umount: /media/WIN DATA: not a file system root directory
# umount /dev/fuse0
#

Unmounting the mountpoint doesn't work but the device name does.
 
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