> Hi all > > > I've recently installed usbmount on Squeeze in order to mount a usb > floppy disk drive to read old floppies. However, usbmount has now > taken over everytime I mount something using usb and only allows me - > as user - to copy from the usb device, not write to it or delete it, > and has to be unmounted using sudo umount /media/usb0 > > My question is: how do I change this so that I can write and umount > the usb device as user? So far, I have tried: chown, chgrp and chmod > all with no effect. User is also added to all the groups that seem > relevant. Research on-line only refers to the chmod, chgrp and chown > options as well. > > Any further ideas on how to change this please? > > Thanks > AG
Hi AG, It would be useful to know what changes you made to /etc/usbmount/usbmount.conf, and which groups you added yourself to. Anyway, assuming your USB floppy disk drive behaves like a USB flash drive, and its file system is vfat, the following should work: 1. Add this line to /etc/usbmount/usbmount.conf: FS_MOUNTOPTIONS="-fstype=vfat,flush,gid=plugdev,dmask=0002,fmask=0113" 2. Add yourself to the plugdev group. 3. Log in again to for the group membership change to take effect. To unmount the drive as an unprivileged user, enter this: pumount /media/usb Also read the comments about the sync option in /etc/usbmount/usbmount.conf, and modify MOUNTOPTIONS accordingly. -- Cheers, Clive -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120126094441.ga5...@rimmer.esmertec.com
