Re: USB key accepts data only as root
Thank you for this Camaleón, I was just about to ask a similar question. On 4/26/2010 7:33 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:16:31 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: To put data on my USB key, I need to be root. This does not sound normal. How can I tweak this? Not normal. When I attach a flash drive I get: s...@stt008:~$ mount | grep media /dev/sdc1 on /media/disk type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=lower,uid=1000) Look that uid=1000. s...@stt008:~$ ls -l /media/ | grep disk drwxr-xr-x 3 sm01 root 16384 ene 1 1970 disk Open GConf Editor and navigate to /system/storage/default_options/vfat key. It should say: mount_options [shortname=lower,uid=] Also, check your /etc/fstab file, there should be nothing about the usb flash drive. This is auto-handle by HAL and gnome-mount. Greetings, -- “The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.” ~Thomas Sowell -- 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/4bd7082e.7000...@aim.com
Re: USB key accepts data only as root
David Kinyua wrote: Thank you for this Camaleón, I was just about to ask a similar question. On 4/26/2010 7:33 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:16:31 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: To put data on my USB key, I need to be root. This does not sound normal. How can I tweak this? Not normal. Reassuring. When I attach a flash drive I get: s...@stt008:~$ mount | grep media /dev/sdc1 on /media/disk type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=lower,uid=1000) $ mount | grep media /dev/sdd1 on /media/disk-1 type ext3 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal) # mount | grep media /dev/sdd1 on /media/disk-1 type ext3 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal) Look that uid=1000. No such one here. Normal? s...@stt008:~$ ls -l /media/ | grep disk drwxr-xr-x 3 sm01 root 16384 ene 1 1970 disk $ ls -l /media/ | grep disk drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-09-04 19:30 disk drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2010-04-25 13:30 disk-1 # ls -l /media/ | grep disk drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-09-04 19:30 disk drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2010-04-25 13:30 disk-1 Open GConf Editor and navigate to /system/storage/default_options/vfat key. It should say: mount_options [shortname=lower,uid=] That is precisely what it says. Also, check your /etc/fstab file, there should be nothing about the usb flash drive. This is auto-handle by HAL and gnome-mount. There is no line about it, unfortunately. -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: USB key accepts data only as root
On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:07:15 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: David Kinyua wrote: Thank you for this Camaleón, I was just about to ask a similar question. On 4/26/2010 7:33 PM, Camaleón wrote: To put data on my USB key, I need to be root. This does not sound normal. How can I tweak this? Not normal. Reassuring. Yes, at least for *vfat* formatted USB keys. (...) Look that uid=1000. No such one here. Normal? Yes. Because yours is ext3 and ext3 is a permission-aware filesystem. Also, check your /etc/fstab file, there should be nothing about the usb flash drive. This is auto-handle by HAL and gnome-mount. There is no line about it, unfortunately. Your problem is that ext3 honors users and permissions :-) So, just apply the permissions you want to that media device and that should be all. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/pan.2010.04.27.16.46...@gmail.com
Re: USB key accepts data only as root
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com writes: On Sunday 25 April 2010 21:06:14 Merciadri Luca wrote: Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net writes: On 04/25/2010 02:47 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: Not enough information. Sorry. Automounted from a DE, or manually from the CLI? Automounted, but the related folder is still there (in /media/) even when the USB key is disconnected. What are the ownership and privs on the mount point? And the raw device? == /media# ls -al total 28 drwxrwxrwx 6 root root 4096 2010-04-25 13:26 . drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 2010-01-27 11:13 .. drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-09-04 19:30 disk drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2010-04-25 13:30 disk-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root7 2009-07-17 17:01 floppy - floppy0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-17 17:01 floppy0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 299 2010-04-25 13:26 .hal-mtab -rw--- 1 root root0 2010-04-25 09:31 .hal-mtab-lock drwx-- 2 root root 4096 2009-08-29 22:20 KUBUNTU_LAPTOP22 == It happens for every removable disk, actually. The raw device is /dev/sde1: == # ls -al | grep sde brw-rw 1 root floppy8, 64 2010-04-25 21:45 sde brw-rw 1 root floppy8, 65 2010-04-25 21:45 sde1 == $ echo $USER me $ echo $USER merciadriluca $ dir /media | grep CENTON drwxr-xr-x 2 me root 4096 1969-12-31 18:00:00 CENTON USB/ ~$ dir /dev/sdh brw-rw 1 root floppy 8, 112 2010-04-22 16:19:48 /dev/sdh You wouldn't happen to be logged in as root, would you? quote /media# ls -al /quote (from previous email from Merciadri) At this point you obviously are root, even tho' you will not have been able to log-in as root. ? I did not start _a root session_ but I did `su', okay. But I need to do this. If I do not do this, I do not have access to the removable devices which are connected through USB. - -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ - -- Nobody leaves us, we only leave others. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAkvVPUIACgkQM0LLzLt8MhzfuQCgke6OIp/EZywUEFKx0UKm+ffD TCoAni2aoNCPTibA5myjLsln5Xg6C+C9 =xht+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- 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/87zl0qu1mj@merciadriluca-eee.workgroup
Re: USB key accepts data only as root
On 04/26/2010 02:14 AM, Merciadri Luca wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Lisilisi.re...@gmail.com writes: On Sunday 25 April 2010 21:06:14 Merciadri Luca wrote: Ron Johnsonron.l.john...@cox.net writes: On 04/25/2010 02:47 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: Not enough information. Sorry. Automounted from a DE, or manually from the CLI? Automounted, but the related folder is still there (in /media/) even when the USB key is disconnected. What are the ownership and privs on the mount point? And the raw device? == /media# ls -al total 28 drwxrwxrwx 6 root root 4096 2010-04-25 13:26 . drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 2010-01-27 11:13 .. drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-09-04 19:30 disk drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2010-04-25 13:30 disk-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root7 2009-07-17 17:01 floppy - floppy0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-17 17:01 floppy0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 299 2010-04-25 13:26 .hal-mtab -rw--- 1 root root0 2010-04-25 09:31 .hal-mtab-lock drwx-- 2 root root 4096 2009-08-29 22:20 KUBUNTU_LAPTOP22 == It happens for every removable disk, actually. The raw device is /dev/sde1: == # ls -al | grep sde brw-rw 1 root floppy8, 64 2010-04-25 21:45 sde brw-rw 1 root floppy8, 65 2010-04-25 21:45 sde1 == $ echo $USER me $ echo $USER merciadriluca $ dir /media | grep CENTON drwxr-xr-x 2 me root 4096 1969-12-31 18:00:00 CENTON USB/ ~$ dir /dev/sdh brw-rw 1 root floppy 8, 112 2010-04-22 16:19:48 /dev/sdh You wouldn't happen to be logged in as root, would you? quote /media# ls -al/quote (from previous email from Merciadri) At this point you obviously are root, even tho' you will not have been able to log-in as root. ? I did not start _a root session_ but I did `su', okay. But I need to do this. If I do not do this, I do not have access to the removable devices which are connected through USB. We need to see what it looks like when you are bog standard merciadriluca. -- Dissent is patriotic, remember? -- 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/4bd5414f.5060...@cox.net
Re: USB key accepts data only as root
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:16:31 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: To put data on my USB key, I need to be root. This does not sound normal. How can I tweak this? Not normal. When I attach a flash drive I get: s...@stt008:~$ mount | grep media /dev/sdc1 on /media/disk type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=lower,uid=1000) Look that uid=1000. s...@stt008:~$ ls -l /media/ | grep disk drwxr-xr-x 3 sm01 root 16384 ene 1 1970 disk Open GConf Editor and navigate to /system/storage/default_options/vfat key. It should say: mount_options [shortname=lower,uid=] Also, check your /etc/fstab file, there should be nothing about the usb flash drive. This is auto-handle by HAL and gnome-mount. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/pan.2010.04.26.09.33...@gmail.com
Re: USB key accepts data only as root
On 2010-04-25, Merciadri Luca luca.mercia...@student.ulg.ac.be wrote: This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --enigD4EBF6DE390BB397F7830763 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, To put data on my USB key, I need to be root. This does not sound normal. How can I tweak this? Is the user a member of the plugdev group? Thanks. --=20 Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ -- Liam O'Toole Birmingham, United Kingdom -- 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/slrnhtao9h.bu7.liam.p.oto...@dipsy.selfip.org
Re: USB key accepts data only as root
On 04/25/2010 02:16 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: Hi, To put data on my USB key, I need to be root. This does not sound normal. How can I tweak this? Not enough information. Automounted from a DE, or manually from the CLI? What are the ownership and privs on the mount point? And the raw device? -- Dissent is patriotic, remember? -- 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/4bd499b5.8040...@cox.net
Re: USB key accepts data only as root
Ron Johnson wrote: Not enough information. Sorry. Automounted from a DE, or manually from the CLI? Automounted, but the related folder is still there (in /media/) even when the USB key is disconnected. What are the ownership and privs on the mount point? And the raw device? == /media# ls -al total 28 drwxrwxrwx 6 root root 4096 2010-04-25 13:26 . drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 2010-01-27 11:13 .. drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-09-04 19:30 disk drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2010-04-25 13:30 disk-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root7 2009-07-17 17:01 floppy - floppy0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-17 17:01 floppy0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 299 2010-04-25 13:26 .hal-mtab -rw--- 1 root root0 2010-04-25 09:31 .hal-mtab-lock drwx-- 2 root root 4096 2009-08-29 22:20 KUBUNTU_LAPTOP22 == It happens for every removable disk, actually. The raw device is /dev/sde1: == # ls -al | grep sde brw-rw 1 root floppy8, 64 2010-04-25 21:45 sde brw-rw 1 root floppy8, 65 2010-04-25 21:45 sde1 == -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. The nail that sticks up will be hammered down. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: USB key accepts data only as root
On 04/25/2010 02:47 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: Not enough information. Sorry. Automounted from a DE, or manually from the CLI? Automounted, but the related folder is still there (in /media/) even when the USB key is disconnected. What are the ownership and privs on the mount point? And the raw device? == /media# ls -al total 28 drwxrwxrwx 6 root root 4096 2010-04-25 13:26 . drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 2010-01-27 11:13 .. drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-09-04 19:30 disk drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2010-04-25 13:30 disk-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root7 2009-07-17 17:01 floppy - floppy0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-17 17:01 floppy0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 299 2010-04-25 13:26 .hal-mtab -rw--- 1 root root0 2010-04-25 09:31 .hal-mtab-lock drwx-- 2 root root 4096 2009-08-29 22:20 KUBUNTU_LAPTOP22 == It happens for every removable disk, actually. The raw device is /dev/sde1: == # ls -al | grep sde brw-rw 1 root floppy8, 64 2010-04-25 21:45 sde brw-rw 1 root floppy8, 65 2010-04-25 21:45 sde1 == $ echo $USER me $ dir /media | grep CENTON drwxr-xr-x 2 me root 4096 1969-12-31 18:00:00 CENTON USB/ ~$ dir /dev/sdh brw-rw 1 root floppy 8, 112 2010-04-22 16:19:48 /dev/sdh You wouldn't happen to be logged in as root, would you? -- Dissent is patriotic, remember? -- 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/4bd49f23.10...@cox.net
Re: USB key accepts data only as root
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net writes: On 04/25/2010 02:47 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: Not enough information. Sorry. Automounted from a DE, or manually from the CLI? Automounted, but the related folder is still there (in /media/) even when the USB key is disconnected. What are the ownership and privs on the mount point? And the raw device? == /media# ls -al total 28 drwxrwxrwx 6 root root 4096 2010-04-25 13:26 . drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 2010-01-27 11:13 .. drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-09-04 19:30 disk drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2010-04-25 13:30 disk-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root7 2009-07-17 17:01 floppy - floppy0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-17 17:01 floppy0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 299 2010-04-25 13:26 .hal-mtab -rw--- 1 root root0 2010-04-25 09:31 .hal-mtab-lock drwx-- 2 root root 4096 2009-08-29 22:20 KUBUNTU_LAPTOP22 == It happens for every removable disk, actually. The raw device is /dev/sde1: == # ls -al | grep sde brw-rw 1 root floppy8, 64 2010-04-25 21:45 sde brw-rw 1 root floppy8, 65 2010-04-25 21:45 sde1 == $ echo $USER me $ echo $USER merciadriluca $ dir /media | grep CENTON drwxr-xr-x 2 me root 4096 1969-12-31 18:00:00 CENTON USB/ ~$ dir /dev/sdh brw-rw 1 root floppy 8, 112 2010-04-22 16:19:48 /dev/sdh You wouldn't happen to be logged in as root, would you? I am not logged as root. Unfortunately. I do not understand this problem. It happens for every removable device: USB keys, external HDDs, etc. - -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ - -- Man is truly himself when he's alone. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAkvUoLYACgkQM0LLzLt8MhycrgCfaz2Tu+5UsazVXXe6AQfjr4tp 7IwAnROwXdusiAFhs9e3aRq0R+NiF8Yf =0PNb -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- 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/87y6gbe1qh@merciadriluca-station.merciadriluca
Re: USB key accepts data only as root
On Sunday 25 April 2010 21:06:14 Merciadri Luca wrote: Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net writes: On 04/25/2010 02:47 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: Not enough information. Sorry. Automounted from a DE, or manually from the CLI? Automounted, but the related folder is still there (in /media/) even when the USB key is disconnected. What are the ownership and privs on the mount point? And the raw device? == /media# ls -al total 28 drwxrwxrwx 6 root root 4096 2010-04-25 13:26 . drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 2010-01-27 11:13 .. drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-09-04 19:30 disk drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2010-04-25 13:30 disk-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root7 2009-07-17 17:01 floppy - floppy0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-17 17:01 floppy0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 299 2010-04-25 13:26 .hal-mtab -rw--- 1 root root0 2010-04-25 09:31 .hal-mtab-lock drwx-- 2 root root 4096 2009-08-29 22:20 KUBUNTU_LAPTOP22 == It happens for every removable disk, actually. The raw device is /dev/sde1: == # ls -al | grep sde brw-rw 1 root floppy8, 64 2010-04-25 21:45 sde brw-rw 1 root floppy8, 65 2010-04-25 21:45 sde1 == $ echo $USER me $ echo $USER merciadriluca $ dir /media | grep CENTON drwxr-xr-x 2 me root 4096 1969-12-31 18:00:00 CENTON USB/ ~$ dir /dev/sdh brw-rw 1 root floppy 8, 112 2010-04-22 16:19:48 /dev/sdh You wouldn't happen to be logged in as root, would you? quote /media# ls -al /quote (from previous email from Merciadri) At this point you obviously are root, even tho' you will not have been able to log-in as root. ? Lisi -- 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/201004252227.55515.lisi.re...@gmail.com
