Re: USB key accepts data only as root
Thank you for this Camaleón, I was just about to ask a similar question.
On 4/26/2010 7:33 PM, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:16:31 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
>
>> To put data on my USB key, I need to be root. This does not sound
>> normal. How can I tweak this?
>
> Not normal.
>
> When I attach a flash drive I get:
>
> sm01@stt008:~$ mount | grep media
> /dev/sdc1 on /media/disk type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=lower,uid=1000)
>
> Look that "uid=1000".
>
> sm01@stt008:~$ ls -l /media/ | grep disk
> drwxr-xr-x 3 sm01 root 16384 ene 1 1970 disk
>
> Open GConf Editor and navigate to "/system/storage/default_options/vfat"
> key. It should say:
>
> mount_options [shortname=lower,uid=]
>
> Also, check your "/etc/fstab" file, there should be nothing about the usb
> flash drive. This is auto-handle by HAL and "gnome-mount".
>
> Greetings,
>
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