User not able to mount a VX disk in linux

[charles_berman]

In Rel 5.5 Linux I can give a user the ability to mount a file system as long as I have the correct entries in the fstab file.

cat /etc/fstab file

/dev/emcpowera1 /gfs1 ext3 rw,user,noauto 0 0    This one works but the next one does not.

/dev/vx/dsk/cbtest/cbtestvol /cbtest    vxfs      rw,user,noauto          0 0
 

When I do the same for a vx file system I get permission  denied, no output and no mount. What do I have to do to allow a user to mount a vx file system?

This is one version of an error

/opt/VRTS/bin/mount -t vxfs -o suid /dev/vx/dsk/cbtest/cbtestvol /cbtest
UX:vxfs mount: ERROR: V-3-22168: Cannot open portal device: Permission denied
UX:vxfs mount: ERROR: V-3-25255: mount: You don't have a license to run this program
 

Another version of an error

mount -t vxfs -o suid /dev/vx/dsk/cbtest/cbtestvol /cbtest

no output and no error.

And the last

mount -t vxfs /cbtest
mount: only root can do that
 

If I run 'mount /gfs1' it works.

I have also changed the group membership to be disk and 660 permissions on the device file.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Matthew_Leger · Accepted solution]

Please refer to knowledge base article:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH129037

Thanks,

Matthew Leger

[sam321]

got same errors with my solaris box 

following article helped me

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH47217

[Yasuhisa_Ishika]

According to the output of "ls -al /dev/vxportal" in KB article, only root can access this pseudo device. Try to change permission to allow your user can access this pseudo device.