Annoying Problems with User Accounts

[Richard Crawford]

On Saturday 15 April 2006 13:26, Howard Coles Jr. wrote:

> > 2.  Removable Media.  I can mount a USB camera just fine under my
> > account, but not under my wife's account -- it says that /dev/sda1 was
> > not found in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab.  I really don't understand this one
> > since it works just fine under my own account.

> Check the permissions on the devices you just mentioned.
> I have found that dispite the rules, udev creates my /dev/null with root
> only permissions, and I've found that some other devices are similar.  Your
> account may be in a group that has permissions, but your wife's account may
> not be, etc.

Howard,

Thanks for responding.

I did set the permissions on /dev/sda1 to 777, but that didn't seem to make a 
difference.  Is that what you meant?

-- 
Richard S. Crawford (http://www.mossroot.com)
"That which does not kill me makes me stranger."
    -Llewellyn, from Ozy & Millie
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