[OpenIndiana-discuss] How to mount usb devices?

[Stephan Althaus]

On 03/29/21 10:12 AM, Stephan Althaus wrote:
> On 03/29/21 04:33 AM, Gary Mills wrote:
>> USB devices are automatically mounted under /media .  You can access
>> them there.
>
> Hello!
>
> I just set up a new stick with one FAT32 partition, and a text file in 
> it.
>
> This does not mount magically, because my user ritghts are not set up 
> accordingly, it seems...
>
>
> $ svcs -a|grep db
> disabled        9:17:31 svc:/pkgsrc/dbus:default
> *online          9:17:32 svc:/system/dbus:default *
> steven at dell6510:~$ rmformat
> Looking for devices...
>      1. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c14t0d0p0
>         Physical Node: /pci at 0,0/pci1028,7b1 at 14/storage at 4/disk at 0,0
>         Connected Device: Intenso  Business Line    8.05
>         Device Type: Removable
>         Bus: USB
>         Size: 60.0 GB
>         Label: <Unknown>
>         Access permissions: Medium is not write protected.
> steven at dell6510:~$ ls -l tmp
> total 0
> steven at dell6510:~$ mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c14t0d0p1 tmp
> *mount: Not owner *
> steven at dell6510:~$ ls -l  /dev/dsk/c14t0d0p1
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          57 Jan  7 12:35 
> /dev/dsk/c14t0d0p1 -> 
> ../../devices/pci at 0,0/pci1028,7b1 at 14/storage at 4/disk at 0,0:r
> steven at dell6510:~$ ls -l 
> /devices/pci at 0,0/pci1028,7b1 at 14/storage at 4/disk at 0,0:r
> br--------   1 steven   lp       220, 2513 Jan  7 12:35 
> /devices/pci at 0,0/pci1028,7b1 at 14/storage at 4/disk at 0,0:r
> steven at dell6510:~$ mount -F pcfs 
> /devices/pci at 0,0/pci1028,7b1 at 14/storage at 4/disk at 0,0:r tmp
> mount: Not owner
> steven at dell6510:~$ pfexec mount -F pcfs 
> /devices/pci at 0,0/pci1028,7b1 at 14/storage at 4/disk at 0,0:r tmp
> mount: Not owner
> steven at dell6510:~$ sudo mount -F pcfs 
> /devices/pci at 0,0/pci1028,7b1 at 14/storage at 4/disk at 0,0:r tmp
> Password:
> steven at dell6510:~$ ls -l tmp
> total 1
> -rwxrwxrwx   1 steven   lp             5 Mar 29 10:05 test.txt
>
>
> Stephan
>
>
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I tested this on a relatively new OI system where the user *should* be 
standard,
and i get the same:

a) The USB device gets connected ('hotplug') and is accessible via 
rmformat & friends
b) The vfat partition on the USB stick is not mounted automatically
c) only the root-role is allowed to mount the partition

So the automount feature needs some additional magic to work, it does 
not work rightoutofthebox.

Greetings,
Stephan