On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 08:54:19AM +0200, Fathi Boudra wrote: > Le mardi 5 septembre 2006 08:03, Sjoerd Simons a écrit : > > I'll add a note in hal's README. I don't know if the KDE part that does the > > mounting has some info about the plugdev group, but it would be nice to add > > some info about this there too. > > from kdebase-kio-plugins README: > > KDE and media kioslave support > ============================== > > The media kioslave, new in KDE 3.4, supports the automatic mounting of > removable devies, such as CD-ROM and DVD drives, USB pen drives, digital > cameras, and many other types of equipment. > > While some functionality is available without the use of HAL, media works > best with HAL (and therefore udev), in combination with pmount. Media > also extends the functionality of many other kioslaves. Check which > packages are recommended by the kdebase-kio-plugins package, and install > accordingly. > > Note that for regular users to use media in conjunction with HAL, they must > be members of the plugdev group.
So maybe change the last sentence to : Note that for regular users to use media in conjunction with HAL, they must be members of the plugdev group (permanently, not through /etc/security/group.conf). As for me, I will have to tweak a bit the way our user/group database is managed, but now that the problem is understood, I can correct it :). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
