hal pmount issue?

[Greg Madden]

On Wednesday 28 December 2005 07:15, Matt Egger wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm not sure if this is a hal or pmount issue, but I've not been able
> to use usb removable drives as any user other than the first user
> created during breezy install.  Specifically, I'd like my GF to be able
> to use gtkpod with her ipod.  It worked under warty...
>
> The ipod shows up as belonging to user 99 (non-existant, as far as I
> can tell) or the first user created during the breezy install (my
> account).  My GF has read only access.  After searching the web and the
> forums, this seems like it might be an ubuntu issue/bug.  I know I'm
> not the only one with this problem, but I haven't been able to find a
> solution.  One suggestion was to add an entry to /etc/fstab using the
> device's UUID, but as far as I can tell, the ipod doesn't have one.
>
> I'd really like to be able to plug in the ipod, have it automount to
> /media/ipod (or some other persistant mount point), appear on the
> desktop, and have rw permissions under her account.  I think this is
> reasonable, considering I was able to do it before a new install of
> breezy.  If anyone has a solution to this problem, sharing it would be
> greatly appreciated.  Is this a Known Issue or a bug?
>
> TIA,
>
> Matt

My guess, It is probably not user 99 but a group 99 was created. What does 
'/etc/group' say about 99, it may be a matter of adding users to the 
group associated with 99. 
-- 
Greg Madden