Re: USB key accepts data only as root

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 04/26/2010 02:14 AM, Merciadri Luca wrote:
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> Lisi<lisi.reisz@gmail.com>  writes:
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> > On Sunday 25 April 2010 21:06:14 Merciadri Luca wrote:
> > > Ron Johnson<ron.l.johnson@cox.net>  writes:
> > > > On 04/25/2010 02:47 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote:
> > > > > Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > > > > Not enough information.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sorry.
> > > > >
> > > > > > Automounted from a DE, or manually from the CLI?
> > > > >
> > > > > Automounted, but the related folder is still there (in /media/) even
> > > > > when the USB key is disconnected.
> > > > >
> > > > > > What are the ownership and privs on the mount point?  And the raw
> > > > > > device?
> > > > >
> > > > > ==
> > > > > /media# ls -al
> > > > > total 28
> > > > > drwxrwxrwx  6 root root 4096 2010-04-25 13:26 .
> > > > > drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 2010-01-27 11:13 ..
> > > > > drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4096 2009-09-04 19:30 disk
> > > > > drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4096 2010-04-25 13:30 disk-1
> > > > > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    7 2009-07-17 17:01 floppy ->   floppy0
> > > > > drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 2009-07-17 17:01 floppy0
> > > > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root  299 2010-04-25 13:26 .hal-mtab
> > > > > -rw-------  1 root root    0 2010-04-25 09:31 .hal-mtab-lock
> > > > > drwx------  2 root root 4096 2009-08-29 22:20 KUBUNTU_LAPTOP22
> > > > > ==
> > > > >
> > > > > It happens for every removable disk, actually. The raw device is
> > > > > /dev/sde1:
> > > > >
> > > > > ==
> > > > > # ls -al | grep sde
> > > > > brw-rw----  1 root floppy    8,  64 2010-04-25 21:45 sde
> > > > > brw-rw----  1 root floppy    8,  65 2010-04-25 21:45 sde1
> > > > > ==
> > > >
> > > > $ echo $USER
> > > > me
> > >
> > > $ echo $USER
> > > merciadriluca
> > >
> > > > $ dir /media | grep CENTON
> > > > drwxr-xr-x  2 me   root 4096 1969-12-31 18:00:00 CENTON USB/
> > > >
> > > > ~$ dir /dev/sdh
> > > > brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 8, 112 2010-04-22 16:19:48 /dev/sdh
> > > >
> > > > You wouldn't happen to be logged in as root, would you?
> >
> > <quote>  /media# ls -al</quote>   (from previous email from Merciadri)
> >
> > At this point you obviously are root, even tho' you will not have been able to
> > log-in as root.  ?????????
> I did not start _a root session_ but I did `su', okay. But I need to
> do this. If I do not do this, I do not have access to the removable
> devices which are connected through USB.

We need to see what it looks like when you are bog standard 
merciadriluca.

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