On Thu, 2012-11-08 at 10:58 +0000, Kerin Millar wrote: > William Kenworthy wrote: > > If I try and do: > > > > moriah ~ # mount -t ceph 192.168.44.68:6789:/ /mnt/ceph -o users > > mount error 22 = Invalid argument > > > > Specifying "users" in that context doesn't make sense. Try creating an > entry in /etc/fstab. For example: > > 192.168.44.68:6789:/ /mnt/ceph ceph users 0 0 > > Then see if you can mount by its mountpoint: > > $ mount /mnt/ceph > > > It turns out the driver doesnt recognise the user or users mount option > > and gentoo wont let a user mount or access a root mount, or even let a > > user mount. Tried adding the user to the disk group without any effect. > > > > It's not a driver option. /bin/mount is suid root and refers to fstab to > decide whether a non-root user should be allowed to mount. > > Generally speaking, regular user accounts should not be added to the > disk group. That provides raw read/write access to block device nodes > such as dev/sda, which is a potential risk both in terms of safety and > security. > > > Something in gentoo's user access control is causing this problem I > > think, so how can I get around it? > > > > BillK > > > >
Thanks Kerin, but that has the same problem - but it did allow me to chown the mount point so its usable/testable by users. BillK
