On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 12:39:36PM +0100, Mik J wrote: > Hello, > > I'm able to mount a partition as a user if I have > kern.usermount=1 > # > ls -l /dev/wd2* > brw-rw---- 1 root operator 0, 0 May 7 21:54 /dev/wd2a > # ls -l /mnt > drwxrwxr-x 2 myuser operator 512 May 7 22:38 extpart > and > # > grep operator /etc/group > operator:*:5:root,myuser > > However, I'm unable to > mount the partition if the owner of /mnt/extpart is root although that mount > point is rwx by the group operator and myuser belongs to that group. > # ls -l > /mnt > drwxrwxr-x 2 root operator 512 May 7 22:38 extpart > > I assume that > kern.usermount allows a partition to be mounted only if the mount point is > owned by a user and the group owner is not considered. > I have search for a > variable kern.groupmount but there is not such thing. > > So my question is: > Is > it possible to allow a group to mount partitions (or usb keys, cdrom) ?
Man mount(8). " Only the superuser may mount file systems unless kern.usermount is nonzero (see sysctl(8)), the special device is readable and writeable by the user attempting the mount, and the mount point node is owned by the user attempting the mount. " -- Antoine
