USB device permissions... again

[Gabriel Dragffy]

On Sun, 2006-11-19 at 02:01 -0500, Bill Marcum wrote:
> > Is there a simple way of adjusting what permissions this particular
> > device gets mounted with?
> >
> The vfat file system does not have owners and permissions for each file, so 
> they are set when the file system is mounted. Use the umask option in fstab.

I'm aware it uses some set of pseudo permissions. The thing is this
device isn't listed in fstab and I don't particularly want it to be. Is
there something to be done with udev?


>  It seems like a completely pointless system of
> > mounting it so only root can access it. What's the deal?
> > A way to change that behaviour would also be appreciated.
> >
> Mount the drive, chown and chmod the directories.

Dude! That's fantastic!