USB Stick mount operation not permitted

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marcus141

Good morning everyone, I need help with mounting a USB stick.

Initial situation: USB stick with 128GB, empty, to be used as a backup device (e.g. .config files)

mount /dev/da0p1 ~/stick always results in operation not permitted and is only available with doas.

What has already been tried from the research:
Code: 
gpart destroy -F /dev/da0
gpart create -s gpt /dev/da0
gpart add -t freebsd-ufs /dev/da0
newfs /dev/da0p1
mount /dev/da0p1 ~/stick
sysctl.conf:
Code: 
vfs.usermount=1
boot/loader.conf:
Code: 
vfs.usermount=1
/etc/fstab
Code: 
/dev/da0p1    /home/user/stick    udf    ro,noauto    0  0
/etc/devs.conf:
Code: 
own       /dev/da0       root:operator
perm      /dev/da0       0664
/etc/group
Code: 
operator:*:5:root,user
 
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Maybe reset the usb device using usbconfig -d ugen?.? reset. I need to do this now and then.
 
marcus141 said:
mount /dev/da0p1 ~/stick always results in operation not permitted and is only available with doas.
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mount is an option for which root rights are needed.
So, in case if you have opendoas installed on your system try to issuing doas -- mount /dev/da0p1 $HOME/stick.
Create $HOME/stick first.
 
This should have worked. If you do `id`, does it list you in the operator group?

As a test I would `chown user /dev/....`
 
SirDice said:
Code: 
dice@armitage:~ % sysctl -d vfs.usermount
vfs.usermount: Unprivileged users may mount and unmount file systems
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Interesting, never knew that it was possible to mount a device without root rights. For that to happen and persist reboots/coldboots I eventually need to insert vfs.usermount=1 into /etc/sysctl.conf right?
 
HI

Make you user account a member of the operator group .
run Utility "usbconfig" to understand which device you USBstick is using .
Use the /etc/devfs.rules to make the system give the appropriate USB device ( /dev/usb/x.x.x ) operator as group owner and RW as permission.
Read Handbook chapter 20.4 : get the config files setup.
Reboot.
 
LillieNB said:
Interesting, never knew that it was possible to mount a device without root rights. For that to happen and persist reboots/coldboots I eventually need to insert vfs.usermount=1 into /etc/sysctl.conf right?
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correct and I believe you need to be in the operator group as well.

If you use a DE like KDE then the mount icon in the system tray works or in Xfce you can install from pkg/port dsbmc to mount usb with a gui
 
miscreant said:
correct and I believe you need to be in the operator group as well.

If you use a DE like KDE then the mount icon in the system tray works or in Xfce you can install from pkg/port dsbmc to mount usb with a gui
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I see, thank you.
No, I am using a window manager, but I could add myself into the operator group with # pw usermod -G group1,group2... -n $USER I guess.
 
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