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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mounting USB without root password
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2021 21:34:27 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210206213427.3ca2864c@digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <eac3ec11-2e62-1ed0-518b-676f6774b6c6@sys-concept.com>

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On Sat, 6 Feb 2021 14:00:54 -0700, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:

> I'll revive this topic.  I have it working on one of my system but on my
> other (new system as well) auto-mounting in XFCE4 is not working, I
> have in n XFCE under:
>  - Removable Drivers and Media: --> Mount removable drives when
> hot-plugged (checked) 
> 
> user is in "wheel, usb" group.
> 
> When I plug the usb device the XFCE is trying to auto-mount the usb as
> the message is popping up but it keeps telling me: Authentication is
> required for mounting external /dev/sda1
> 
> Why it worked on one system but not on another?  

Check the groups of the user on both systems. Automounters often require
the user to be a member of the plugdev group.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

There's too much blood in my caffeine system.

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-06 21:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-01-29 15:21 [gentoo-user] mounting USB without root password thelma
2021-01-29 16:01 ` bobwxc
2021-01-29 16:34   ` thelma
2021-01-29 16:47     ` Matt Connell (Gmail)
2021-01-29 16:58       ` Matt Connell (Gmail)
2021-01-29 17:06       ` Michael
2021-01-29 17:12         ` Matt Connell (Gmail)
2021-01-29 17:40           ` thelma
2021-01-29 18:23             ` Matt Connell (Gmail)
2021-01-30  8:46               ` Róbert Čerňanský
2021-01-30 21:14                 ` Neil Bothwick
2021-02-06 21:00             ` thelma
2021-02-06 21:34               ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2021-02-06 22:12                 ` thelma
2021-01-29 17:37     ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2021-01-29 18:18       ` Peter Humphrey

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