Can't write to USB stick without sudo

[theuteck at gmail.com]

Looks like you are mounting it to /media/usb which is a link to usb0.
What does /media look like with no USB attached?
Mine just has cdrom inside.

On Monday, August 19, 2013 04:51:57 PM Ronnie Tucker wrote:
> Yes, I can open it in Dolphin and I can list it in Konsole:
> 
> ronnie at ronnie-desktop:~$ ls -l /media/usb
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Feb 16  2013 /media/usb -> usb0
> 
> This seems to happen for all my USB devices though and it's not something
> I'm doing. It could be a new device right out of the packet and I still get
> this happening.
> 
> On 19 August 2013 16:21, <theuteck at gmail.com> wrote:
> > When you stick in the USB, does it get mounted in /media?
> > What are the permissions of the folder after it is inserted?
> > It sounds like you made it owned by root.
> > 
> > For my USB named bil, it has 2 folders, 1 is owned by root and the other
> > is
> > owned by me.  Normally you don't have root own folders on removable media
> > since you get problems like you are having.
> > 
> > ls -l /media/bil/
> > total 12
> > drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 May  2  2012 casper-rw
> > drwx------ 17 bil  bil  8192 Dec 31  1969 MULTIBOOT
> > 
> > On Monday, August 19, 2013 07:00:13 AM Ronnie Tucker wrote:
> > > It happens with all USB media. Even if I use my 6-in-1 hub.
> > > 
> > > On 18 Aug 2013 22:54, "José Queiroz" <zekkerj at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > 2013/8/18 Ronnie Tucker <ronnie at ronnietucker.co.uk>
> > > > 
> > > >> 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.
> > > > 
> > > > Does this happens with any other USB stick?
> > > > 
> > > > 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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