Can't write to USB stick without sudo

[Ronnie Tucker]

No, there's nothing about it in the fstab.

Do I have to manually edit that for every USB device, or should it update
its self automatically?

Not sure what to put in there to be honest. The stick is 8GB and formatted
as FAT32.


On 18 August 2013 20:12, José Queiroz <zekkerj at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> 2013/8/18 Ronnie Tucker <ronnie at ronnietucker.co.uk>
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> The problem I'm having is that when I insert a USB stick (formatted to
>> FAT32) I have to use sudo with Dolphin to write/erase files to/from the USB
>> stick.
>>
>>
> Do you have any reference to it in your /etc/fstab file?
>
> I've tried erasing the stick in the KDE Partition Manager to FAT32 and
>> it's always the same.
>>
>> Even changing the permissions (by right clicking in the Dolphin window
>> then choosing properties) does nothing. They always revert back to root
>> being the owner and that others can't modify the contents.
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> No wonder I have a Sherry at Christmas!  :D
>>
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