Cannot mount usb key (and I read the archives)

[Jean-Christophe Dubacq <jcdubacq1@free.fr>]

Hello,

I am suffering from exactly the same symptoms as described in bug
#377689: when inserting a usb key, I get the "A security policy in place
prevents this sender from sending this message to this recipient, see
message bus configuration file (rejected message had interface
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume member Mount error name "(unset)"
destination "org.freedesktop.Hal") ".

However my /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf is as the default in hal
0.5.7.1-1 (I have an unstable up-to-date from this morning, 29th of
August, so 14 days after the bug has been fixed) (see at the end)

My kde version is (for kdebase-kio-plugins) 4:3.5.4-2.

The device is correctly created by udev. Under gnome, the window pops up
with no problems. I tried with several brands of usb keys.
The "use hal subsystem" in kontrol-center is enabled (but grayed out,
like "enabled and not disableable").

pmount invoked on the device just works fine.

Any idea ?

--included file: /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf --
<!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC
 "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Bus Configuration 1.0//EN"
 "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd";>
<busconfig>

  <!-- This configuration file specifies the required security policies
       for the HAL to work. -->

  <!-- Only root or user haldaemon can own the HAL service -->
  <policy user="haldaemon">
    <allow own="org.freedesktop.Hal"/>
  </policy>
  <policy user="root">
    <allow own="org.freedesktop.Hal"/>
  </policy>

  <!-- Allow anyone to invoke methods on the Manager and Device interfaces -->
  <policy context="default">
    <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Manager"/>
    <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device"/>

    <allow receive_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Manager"
           receive_sender="org.freedesktop.Hal"/>
    <allow receive_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device"
           receive_sender="org.freedesktop.Hal"/>
  </policy>

  <!-- Default policy for the exported interfaces -->
  <policy context="default">
    <deny send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement"/>
    <deny send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.LaptopPanel"/>
    <deny send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume"/>
    <deny send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.Crypto"/>
  </policy>

  <!-- This will not work if pam_console support is not enabled -->
  <policy at_console="true">
    <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement"/>
    <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.LaptopPanel"/>
    <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume"/>
    <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.Crypto"/>
  </policy>

  <!-- You can change this to a more suitable user, or make per-group -->
  <policy group="powerdev">
    <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement"/>
    <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.LaptopPanel"/>
  </policy>
  <policy group="plugdev">
    <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume"/>
    <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.Crypto"/>
  </policy>

</busconfig>