Can't write to USB stick without sudo

Mon Aug 19 18:17:14 UTC 2013

I think you have some other service running that is doing the mounting of USB 
devices.
Check to see if you have usbmount installed.  If you are using KDE it has its 
own system for mounting USB and does not need this extra package.

On Monday, August 19, 2013 05:45:06 PM Ronnie Tucker wrote:
> With no USB inserted I get:
> 
> ronnie at ronnie-desktop:~$ ls /media/
> 4e0542e0-a8b1-4ab8-8c94-adee7321a5e1  floppy   usb   usb1  usb3  usb5  usb7
> Comics                                floppy0  usb0  usb2  usb4  usb6
> 
> 
> No idea what the big long gibberish number is for. Possibly my 1TB HDD. I
> think the USB0-7 were put there by my USB hub (which was unplugged when I
> did that listing of the media folder).
> 
> On 19 August 2013 17:02, <theuteck at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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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