Note that enabling sysctl vfs.usermount has adverse effects on system

security.
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<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.9 1999/09/06 07:22:24 peter Exp $</pubdate>
<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.10 1999/09/19 11:32:06 wosch Exp $</pubdate>
<abstract><para> This is the FAQ for FreeBSD systems version 2.X All entries are
assumed to be relevant to FreeBSD 2.0.5 and later, unless otherwise noted.
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<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>umount <filename>~/my-mount-point</filename></userinput></screen>
<para>Another way to access MSDOS formatted media is to use the
<para>Enabling <varname>vfs.usermount</varname>, however, has
negative security implications. A better way to access MSDOS
formatted media is to use the
<ulink
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=%5Emtools-&amp;stype=name">mtools</ulink> package in the ports collection.</para>
</answer>

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</author>
</authorgroup>
<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.9 1999/09/06 07:22:24 peter Exp $</pubdate>
<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.10 1999/09/19 11:32:06 wosch Exp $</pubdate>
<abstract><para> This is the FAQ for FreeBSD systems version 2.X All entries are
assumed to be relevant to FreeBSD 2.0.5 and later, unless otherwise noted.
@ -4582,7 +4582,9 @@ used to firewall off on-disk data.</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>umount <filename>~/my-mount-point</filename></userinput></screen>
<para>Another way to access MSDOS formatted media is to use the
<para>Enabling <varname>vfs.usermount</varname>, however, has
negative security implications. A better way to access MSDOS
formatted media is to use the
<ulink
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=%5Emtools-&amp;stype=name">mtools</ulink> package in the ports collection.</para>
</answer>