Hi, even if the zfs module is loaded I get the error message:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ kldstat | grep zfs 7 1 0xfffffffffcc1c000 80ee8 zfs.ko [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ zfs list internal error: failed to initialize ZFS library Anyway thx for the info.. At least now I know why it "should" not work ;-) bye Norman 2008/5/29 Pawel Jakub Dawidek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 01:41:28PM -0500, Mark Kane wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008, at 15:13:16 +0200, Norman Maurer wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > is it normal that I can't do a 'zfs list' ( for example ) as non-root >> > user ? >> > >> > $ zfs list >> > internal error: failed to initialize ZFS library >> > >> > I think there is really a use case for use some zfs commands as >> > non-root user.. >> > >> > Thx >> > Norman >> >> Hi. >> >> One way to do this as a non-root user is to add the account to the >> "operator" group. This is what I do on my personal desktop machine >> and it has worked fine, but I understand that may not be best in all >> cases. >> >> You might also try changing the permissions on /dev/zfs. I don't do >> this method and I'm not sure if it's a proper way, but from trying it >> very briefly it seems to work correctly with the user not in the >> "operator" group. > > In Solaris anyone can open /dev/zfs and the kernel side of ZFS decides > if the user has permission to perform some action or not. In FreeBSD we > try to be more careful for now, but it will change soon, once we import > delegated administration functionality. > > Although... The error above (failed to initialize ZFS library) most > likely means that zfs.ko module wasn't loaded. zfs(8) tries to do that > automatically, but of course it will only succeed if we are root. In > this case zfs.ko has to be manually loaded by root and then members of > operator group can use zfs(8) command. > > -- > Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FreeBSD.org > FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"