For digital cameras/USB mass storage devices: Kernel: options MSDOSFS device usb device uhci # Most cases, use this. device ohci # Microsoft/Compaq/National standard device umass device scbus device pass device da % dmesg | more % camcontrol devlist (Verify it's there) /etc/fstab example: /dev/da0s1 /mnt/camera msdosfs rw,noauto 0 0 % mount /mnt/camera % cp /mnt/camera/* ~/images/ % umount /mnt/camera Notes: Make sure you unmount BEFORE you unplug the device or things will get angry with you. The best way to do this is write a quick script to mount/copy/unmount the device upon plugging it in. Do this via /etc/usbd.conf: device "My camera" devname "umass[0-9]+" attach "/path/to/script/to/run" # To run script as a normal user, try something like: attach "su user -c /path/to/script/to/run" Ensure /etc/rc.conf has usbd_enable="YES" in it too, or else usbd.conf will be ignored. I have a script available at http://www.hewbert.com/src/camera.txt to run when attached. Let users mount the camera: /etc/devfs.rules [local_ruleset=10] add path 'da*' mode 0660 /etc/rc.conf devfs_system_ruleset="local_ruleset"