USB flash drive fails to automount
Bug #68237 reported by
MrFluffy
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pmount (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: pmount
Default install of dapper, pmount has permissions of 750 and is owned by root and group plugdev which the desktop user is not a member of.
When the key was inserted, pmount failed to automount the key, and if the key was clicked on in the devices list, the error was issued in the gui "could not execute pmount".
I changed the execute permissions to 755 on /usr/bin/pmount and once this had been done the key was automatically recognised.
I would assume either the user should have been a member of group usbdev, or the permissions on pmount should have been 755.
Someone with more take on security and HAL probally would need to look at relaxing the perms on the binary or group issues, but it fixed it quickly for me.
Revision history for this message
| Tormod Volden (tormodvolden) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in pmount: | |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Needs Info |
Revision history for this message
| Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in pmount: | |
| status: | Needs Info → Rejected |
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The desktop user should be a member of plugdev. Is this an upgrade? ("Default install of dapper" sounds like not). If you create a new desktop user, it becomes a member of plugdev, right?