Can't write to USB stick without sudo

Mon Aug 19 18:24:13 UTC 2013

*Good Sir you are a genius!*
It was indeed *usbmount* that was getting in the way of things. Purged it
and all works dandy.

Many MANY thanks!

On 19 August 2013 19:17, <theuteck at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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