USB thumb drive pulled and icon left on desktop - how do I remove it??

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Tue Jan 20 02:13:00 UTC 2009


On 01/19/2009 05:52 PM, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> H.S. wrote:
>> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>>   
>>>     If this is the case why do I get this error message on Hardy?
>>>
>>>  karl at karl-hardy:~$ mount -t ext3 /dev/sda2 /mnt
>>> mount: only root can do that
>>> karl at karl-hardy:~$
>>>
>>>     This makes me think it needs to be root :-)
>>>     
>>
>>
>> I think you need to lookup 'users' option for mount command. I also
>> think you need to have a line for your /dev/sda2 device in /etc/fstab
>> with proper options so that normal users can mount or unmount the
>> device. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

>>   
>     Well I have NO idea what your talking about. Fstab has no control 
> over mount that I am aware of and it is just the way mount works.
> 
> 
> Karl
> 
> 

Try:

System:Administration|Users and Groups| unlock and select the user then
Properties|User Privileges and then check 'Access external storage
devices automatically' and see if that makes a difference.







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