On Sun 20 Nov 2016 at 08:10:09 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 11/20/2016 7:58 AM, Joe wrote: > > > >This all Just Works, and I have no idea what configuration it depends > >on. "I didn't build this," sid basically builds and rebuilds itself, so > >I tend to keep my fingers out of the works. I do know that USB sticks > >were a real pain with usbmount, which *sometimes* mounted the entire > >device instead of the partitions, and at some point, things just > >started working better. > > > >There is nothing in /etc/polkit-1, /etc/udev or /etc/udisks2 referring > >to USB sticks, which are the most likely suspects as far as I can see. > >Presumably the culprit is systemd, as usual, so possibly someone more > >knowledgable about this beast can finish my part-answer. > > > > Do you have a file named "pmount.allow"? > Web searches turn up references to it, but haven't found any details on > syntax and/or examples.
/etc/pmount.allow is created when pmount is installed. The manual tells you everything you need to know about it. With "/dev/sda1" as a line in the file you can mount the partition with 'pmount sda1'. I'd not think you would need to populate pmount.allow for a removable device. -- Brian.