Re: Mounting USB devices

["Trey Sizemore" <trey@fastmail.fm>]

One more dumb question...how do I know my user ID?


On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 16:18:38 -0600, "Tom Hoover"
<tom-key-debian.a101e4@hisword.net> said:


> On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 09:52:05AM -0500, Trey Sizemore wrote:
> > 1.  Are these assignments going to change each time I shut down and then 
> > start up my machine (as far as how they are detected)?  I asked because 
> > I am running a rather old machine that I leave on during the day, but 
> > then shut down at night.
> 
> I doubt they would change, unless you added or removed some hardware.
> (I've never had my dvd, cd-rw, or tape drive change, so I'm not
> expecting the CF drive to change).  I hardly ever shut my machines down,
> so I may be wrong...  :-)
> 
> > 2.  How do I give myself access to my devices (read & write) as a normal 
> > user?  I had to su from the terminal to execute teh sg_map command 
> > because I had no access as a normal user.  This would be for all devices 
> > like my CD drives, Zip drive, CF reader, etc.
> 
> Use the "uid" and "gid" mount options in your /etc/fstab:
> 
> /dev/cf         /mnt/cf         vfat    user,noauto,uid=1000,gid=1000   0
>       0
> 
> The "user" option above allows you to mount the device without changing
> to root, and "uid/gid" options are used to set the desired user (1000,
> in my case).
> 
> 
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  Trey Sizemore
  trey@fastmail.fm