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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next prev parent 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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