Can't get USB memory stick to work

[Chanchao]

Hello 'Forum,

Tuesday, December 20, 2005, 2:11:16 PM, you wrote:

FP> The reason it defaults to root permissions is because the OS doesn't
FP> know who is the owner of the device.  This is a major difference
FP> between WinXP and Linux (or Unix in general).  In XP, you can have many
FP> users logged in to the system, but as far as I know, only one user
FP> actually using it at a time.  In Unix, you can have many users logged
FP> in -and- simultaneously using the system.

I hate it when there's perfectly sensible reasons for things that
don't go my way instantly. :-| :)

... Thanks for the explanation and suggestion to mount the thing..!

> There's probably an easier, Ubuntu way to do this, but I don't know it.

Does anyone else know if there's a more 'Ubuntu way' (read: wimpier way) of
doing this?  But the fstab thing will surely work, of course..  I just
wonder if all users have to do this when they want to plug in a memory
stick or digital camera?

I suppose I could run the whole lot including Gnome as root... That
would take care of things. :)  (Never mind answering that, I know, I
know.. That's un-linux, the closest you can get to blasfemy in unix.. :)

Cheers,
Chanchao