Hi, I only have a default polkit rule - nothing about usb. Just noticed the mount dialog box contains:
Action: org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount-system Vendor: The Udsks Project" I have found some documents on the web, but nothing yet on how to deal with this issue. BillK On 1/4/21 3:21 pm, Ramon Fischer wrote: > Addendum: > > I forgot to answer your other question: > > Maybe you also have set some rules in "/etc/polkit/rules.d/"[1], which > allows your unprivileged user to mount USB drives and SD cards without > any password. > > -Ramon > > [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Polkit > > On 01/04/2021 09:13, Ramon Fischer wrote: >> Hello BillK, >> >> I guess, that you are looking for the mount option "user": >> >> /etc/fstab >> >> /dev/sdx /<some_path> ext4 noauto,user,relatime >> 0 2 >> >> In this way, I can mount "/dev/sdx" with an unprivileged user: >> >> $ mount /<some_path> >> >> See also "man 8 mount" ("Non-superuser mounts"). >> >> I am not sure, if this also works with "automount" from >> "net-fs/autofs", if this is what you meant with "automounter". >> >> -Ramon >> >> On 01/04/2021 06:51, William Kenworthy wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I use a sata drive caddy with 2Tb hard disks for offline backups. >>> Almost everytime (within sessions are ok?) it asks for a password >>> before >>> automounting. This is just annoying and has no security benefit in my >>> environment (why just hard disks when USB keys and SD cards don't ask >>> for one?). >>> >>> So, how can I disable the automounter asking for a password either in >>> general, or just for my backup drives? >>> >>> BillK >>> >>> >>> >> >
