hal pmount issue?

[Matt Egger]

On 12/28/05, ZIYAD A. M. AL-BATLY <zamb at saudi.net.sa> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 11:15 -0500, 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
> You need to be in the 'plugdev' group in order to access any hot-plug
> device.  From the 'pmount' manual:
>         *Important note for Debian*:  The permission to execute pmount
>         is restricted to members of the system group plugdev.  Please
>         add all desktop users who shall be able to use pmount to this
>         group by executing:
>                 adduser user plugdev
>         (as root).
>
> So, add any user you want him/her to access hot-plugged devices to the
> group 'plugdev' using:  'sudo adduser NAME plugdev' (where 'NAME' is the
> login name for that user).  By default, the first user you create during
> the installation is added automatically to that group.
>
> Give it a try and see what happens.
> Ziyad.
>


Both users are already in plugdev.  Thanks for replying.


-ME
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