[Solved]Not authorized to mount other partitions in Thunar after upgr

Lennie · 2012-06-19 14:15:20

Before, I could mount other partitions by clicking on them in Thunar, and it asked for may password. But now suddenly I can't mount them at all. 'Failed to mount "Label". Not autohorized to perform operation.' is the message I get. It's the same problem with two computers.

I have Openbox and Slim. Slim is started as a daemon in rc.conf.
My .xinitrc:

#!/bin/bash
export GTK2_RC_FILES="$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0"
numlockx &
/usr/bin/xscreensaver -no-splash &
exec dbus-launch openbox-session

/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/10-storage-group-mount-override.pkla

[storage group mount override]
Identity=unix-group:storage
Action=org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount
ResultAny=yes
ResultInactive=yes
ResultActive=yes

I have googled and read the wiki, but I can't find what has changed.

Last updates:

[2012-06-15 19:48] upgraded linux (3.3.8-1 -> 3.4.2-2)
[2012-06-15 19:48] installed pambase (20120602-1)
[2012-06-15 19:48] upgraded pam (1.1.5-3 -> 1.1.5-4)
[2012-06-15 19:48] upgraded unrar (4.2.3-1 -> 4.2.4-1)
[2012-06-15 19:48] upgraded virtualbox-modules (4.1.16-1 -> 4.1.16-2)
[2012-06-16 19:29] upgraded firefox (13.0-2 -> 13.0.1-1)
[2012-06-16 19:29] upgraded libdrm (2.4.33-1 -> 2.4.35-1)
[2012-06-16 19:29] upgraded libglapi (8.0.3-2 -> 8.0.3-3)
[2012-06-16 19:29] upgraded libgl (8.0.3-2 -> 8.0.3-3)
[2012-06-16 19:29] upgraded intel-dri (8.0.3-2 -> 8.0.3-3)
[2012-06-16 19:29] upgraded libpng (1.5.10-1 -> 1.5.11-1)
[2012-06-16 19:29] installed khrplatform-devel (8.0.3-3)
[2012-06-16 19:29] installed libegl (8.0.3-3)
[2012-06-16 19:29] upgraded libva (1.0.15-1 -> 1.1.0-1)
[2012-06-16 19:29] upgraded libva-driver-intel (1.0.17-1 -> 1.0.18-1)
[2012-06-16 19:29] upgraded mesa (8.0.3-2 -> 8.0.3-3)
[2012-06-16 19:29] upgraded mkinitcpio (0.9.2-1 -> 0.9.2-2)
[2012-06-16 19:29] upgraded thunderbird (13.0-1 -> 13.0.1-1)

Last edited by Lennie (2012-06-21 12:10:28)

DSpider · 2012-06-19 14:51:12

Reboot. Especially if you see a difference between:

$ uname -r && pacman -Q linux
3.4.2-2-ARCH
linux 3.4.3-1

It means that you upgraded the kernel (the linux package) and didn't reboot.

By the way, about your ~/.xinitrc:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Op … d-alone_WM

If you also use PolicyKit and D-Bus (e.g. for automatically mounting drives in Nautilus/GNOME) use:
exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch openbox-session
Note: dbus-launch must be placed after ck-launch-session or you will experience mounting problems.

Last edited by DSpider (2012-06-19 14:52:16)

anonymous_user · 2012-06-19 16:01:51

Actually Lennie's ~/.xinitrc doesn't need ck-launch-session since he/she is using Slim.

BTW for your pkla rule, did you make sure you were in the storage group?

Last edited by anonymous_user (2012-06-19 16:02:32)

Lennie · 2012-06-19 16:16:38

I had not installed a new kernel without rebooting, so that was not the problem.

Strange, after installing the latest updates it works on one machine. It asks for my password, I would prefer to not need to type in my password, but most important is that it works, with or without password. But on the other computer it still doesn't work... I installed the same updates and rebooted. I just can't see what's the difference between them. Both have Openbox and Slim. It's the same .xinitrc, same pkla rule.

I'm in storage group.

anonymous_user · 2012-06-19 16:21:00

Also since you use Slim (and ConsoleKit), why have the pkla file? Maybe try logging into Openbox without Slim (just use startx).

Lennie · 2012-06-19 16:43:00

I tried and rebooted without Slim, but no difference. I had some error at login. First time I didn't even see "Log in" because of all errors that was shown after. I don't think it's related, but it was about:

ieee 80211 phy0: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed:qos enabled: false (implement)
ieee 80211 phy0: brcms_ops_config: change power_save mode: false
ieee 80211 phy0: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed:arp filtering enable
ieee 80211 phy0: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed:qos enabled: true (implement)

The pkla file is from the wiki page about Thunar.

Lennie · 2012-06-21 12:09:33

Solved by changing
/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/10-storage-group-mount-override.pkla
to:

[storage group mount override]
Identity=unix-group:storage
Action=org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount;org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount-system
ResultAny=yes
ResultInactive=yes
ResultActive=yes

That also changed it to not ask for my password.

AyeCapn · 2012-06-21 19:56:58

I had this same thing happen after the June 1 upgrade to some NTFS external hard drives. I ended up using

chown

on everything to my username. It works, but not sure what will happen if I ever need to plug it into a Windows machine...

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#1 2012-06-19 14:15:20

[Solved]Not authorized to mount other partitions in Thunar after upgr

#2 2012-06-19 14:51:12

Re: [Solved]Not authorized to mount other partitions in Thunar after upgr

#3 2012-06-19 16:01:51

Re: [Solved]Not authorized to mount other partitions in Thunar after upgr

#4 2012-06-19 16:16:38

Re: [Solved]Not authorized to mount other partitions in Thunar after upgr

#5 2012-06-19 16:21:00

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#6 2012-06-19 16:43:00

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#7 2012-06-21 12:09:33

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#8 2012-06-21 19:56:58

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