hal pmount issue?

[Matt Egger]

On 12/28/05, Greg Madden <gomadtroll at gci.net> wrote:
>
> 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.
>

There isn't a group 99 in /etc/group.  The only time I saw this group/user
was logging into the second user account and plugging in the ipod.  All
other times, the owner of the ipod is the first user created by the
installer.  The second user only has read permissions.
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