/media and /mnt ownership and permissions

[Haines Brown <brownh@hartford-hwp.com>]

By default on my system, the /media and /mnt directories are owned by
root:root, and since that got in my way when I was in a hurry, I simply
changed their ownership to owner:owner. I know this isn't proper, but my
setting up sidux on a X61s Thinkpad offers an opportunity for me to
start out the right way.

My inclination would be to assign these directories to a group and make
user a member of that group. But no default group name seems to fit
right, which makes me suspect this might not be the proper way after
all.

When I plug in a usb-stick, it is assigned the interface sdb, which on
sidux is owned by root/floppy. Should /media be owned by root/floppy?
How about /mnt?

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       Haines Brown, KB1GRM