From: "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Regular user can't mount/unmount mtpfs; root is OK
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 02:36:07 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140725063607.GA14402@waltdnes.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53D1E5FE.7080906@gentoo.org>
On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 08:07:10AM +0300, Samuli Suominen wrote
> Install gnome-base/gvfs with USE="gphoto2 mtp" and then use gvfs-mount
> to mount the device, because gvfs-mount
> will make use of your PolicyKit with ConsoleKit or systemd-logind
> authorization that allows mounting as a *local*
> and *normal* user.
> Then you don't need the mtpfs command, any group, any custom udev rules, ...
Pulling in gnome-base/gvfs and media-libs/libgphoto2 isn't that big an
issue. The question is... will I be able to mount from a straight text
console, especially when X is not running?
--
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-07-25 6:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-07-24 4:59 [gentoo-user] Regular user can't mount/unmount mtpfs; root is OK Walter Dnes
2014-07-25 3:49 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2014-07-25 4:58 ` Mark David Dumlao
2014-07-25 5:07 ` [gentoo-user] " Samuli Suominen
2014-07-25 6:36 ` Walter Dnes [this message]
2014-07-25 9:35 ` Samuli Suominen
2014-07-25 9:47 ` Samuli Suominen
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2014-07-22 22:23 Walter Dnes
2014-07-24 22:52 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-07-24 23:29 ` Walter Dnes
2014-07-24 23:34 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-07-25 9:36 ` Mick
2014-07-25 7:03 ` Helmut Jarausch
2014-07-26 11:56 ` Dark Templar
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