haldaemon did the trick. The plugdev was already setup as a secondary group - needed to add haldaemon. logged out, then in, and was able to create a directory.
But my main complaint still stands. This is not "low maintenance". It means that for every box I may use, or every user that I set up on those boxes, I also need to add the haldaemon group. This is still better than having to mess with file ownership/permissions though. So it's a step in the right direction. (I think I'm getting lazy in my old age - I just don't want to have to fight an OS to make it do what I think it should be doing by default... :) Shawn Neil Bower wrote: > On Wednesday 23 January 2008 22:33, Neil Bower wrote: > > Or try group "haldaemon". Same disclaimer. > > Cheers! > > Neil B. > >> Hey Shawn, >> >> Have you added "plugdev" as a secondary group to your account? This is a > stab >> in the dark and assuming that you are using the GUI to manage the users. >> >> Cheers! >> >> Neil >> >> On Wednesday 23 January 2008 21:59, Shawn wrote: >>> I've seen this now on two different systems, so know it's a Ubuntu >>> thing, and not a "shawn" thing... >>> >>> Plugging an external USB drive enclosure into the box. Ubuntu detects >>> the drive and asks what I want to do with it - so I open the folder. I >>> can read the contents, but cannot modify/write to the drive. The >>> mounted drive is a FAT32 drive. >>> >>> Fist impression says just change the ownership on the mount point. >>> Except that even as root I'm being told I can't. So I look at doing a >>> chmod on the mount directory and no joy there either (sometimes). >>> >>> So my question is, what am I missing? Is there a group I can add my >>> user too to get permission to these drives? Is there a simpler way? >>> >>> I *know* I can make this work by going to the command line and doing a >>> manual mount, or adjusting permissions/ownership, or tweaking the udev >>> rules, etc. But the idea is that these drives should just be "plug and >>> play", without having to fuss with em. >>> >>> Any tips are appreciated. >>> >>> Shawn > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
