On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 01:08:26PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 03:17:11PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > Of course I have to guess whether the device has > > been plugged in as /dev/sdb, or /dev/sde, or whatever. In case of > > (frequent) doubt, I switch to a root console with control-alt-F1 and a > > login, unplug the device, and plug it in again. It will the tell me > > after a while, that a new device has been inserted, and tell me what > > /dev/sd* name it has dynamically installed. I end up, as root, > > mounting the device with root as the owner. It's usually a USB stick > > with one of the ubiquitous Microsoft file systems used on USB sticks, > > and all the files can be read or writen by root only. > > There is a much easier way. Instead of switching consoles and > guessing, just plug the device in, and look at the last screen full of > the output from dmesg.
Yes, that would have been easier. > Also, if you're mounting on your own laptop, it > will usually have one hd, /dev/sda. When you plug in a usb device, it > will probably have /dev/sdb. If you unplug it, and plug in the same > device, or plug in another stick, it will probably have /dev/sdb > still. For whatever reason, there was a time when it kept picking new letters if I umounted the stick, took it ouot, and put another in. Maybe there was a bug somewhere then? But I could not rely on it always being /dev/sdb. > So, you could just put a line in /etc/fstab which will allow a > normal user to mount /dev/sdb1 for example to whatever directory you > want. All you would have to do as a normal user is to type: > mount /dev/sdb1 > after plugging in the drive, and you should be able to find its' > contents under whatever directory you specified in fstab. Truth is, I no longer trust it to be consistent. -- hendrik > > Greg > > > -- > web site: http://www.gregn.net > gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your > contacts. > > -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
