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Re: Memory Stick is sg1?



On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 04:57:58PM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote:
> Thomas H. George:
> > 
> > No, just to use it to store data.  As it is I can only mount it as root
> > and to just store data I would prefer to mount it as a normal user.
> 
> I still don't understand your problem, but what a user is able to mount
> is determined by the contents of /etc/fstab.
> 
> If you want ordinary users to be able to mount a specific filesystem,
> just add the "user" option:
> 
> $ grep user /etc/fstab
> /dev/iriver1 /media/iriver   vfat noauto,user,noatime                    0 0
> /dev/stick1  /media/stick    vfat noauto,user,noatime,async,utf8=true    0 0
> /dev/sda1    /media/usbdisk  auto noauto,user,noatime,async              0 0
> /dev/hdc     /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,ro                  0 0
> 
> J.

I had a line:

/dev/sg1	/usbdrive	vfat	rw,user,noauto	0	0

in /etc/fstab but when I tried to mount /usbdrive the system responded,
"This is not a block device".  It was after this that I found that as
root I could mount the memory stick with mount /dev/sda /mnt. - Tom
> -- 
> I frequently find myself at the top of the stairs with absolutely
> nothing happening in my brain.
> [Agree]   [Disagree]
>                  <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html>



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