On Friday, 29 January 2021 16:47:51 GMT Matt Connell (Gmail) wrote: > On Fri, 2021-01-29 at 09:34 -0700, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > > I uncommented in: sudoers (it works) > > %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL > > > > %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL > > This feels like fixing a loose screw with a sledgehammer. > > This change allows any wheel group users to execute any command (via > sudo) without authenticating. That is to say, the change is far more > broad than the originally stated issue you're trying to fix. Do you > implicitly trust all wheel group users that much? > > sysfs/udisks, as stated previously, is probably the correct tool for > the job.
What Matt said. You have effectively elevated to root level all of your wheel users, without the need to use a root passwd. There is a reason group wheel exists and this is not to duplicate root in terms of privileges. Your issue/question is why does your DE, in this case XFCE, stopped mounting removable block devices. The userspace application used by DEs is sys-fs/udisks. You can use this on a terminal yourself: udisksctl mount --block-device /dev/sdbX There is also the sys-apps/pmount command. However, in the first instance you should look into what XFCE offers for mounting removable block devices and if something is amiss with that.
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