[SOLVED]Not authorized to perform this operation

xworld · 2012-06-28 01:54:00

Hello Arch forums. As much as I tried to avoid posting this question here, I can't seem to find the answer anywhere else. I have a dual boot with Arch and Win7 and I also have another partition for sharing files in between the two called Data. The only trouble is that when I try to open the Data part it says this: Unable to mount "Data" Not authorized to perform operation. I have viewed other posts on this forum with people having the same problem as me. I have tried the solutions but it doesn't seem to help. I am running SLiM. I do have dbus set as a daemon. Here is my .xinitrc:

#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)

if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
  for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
    [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
  done
  unset f
fi
# exec gnome-session
# exec startkde
# exec startxfce4
# ...or the Window Manager of your choice
 exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch openbox-session

My user is in the group storage. I have also tried to create this file: /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/50-filesystem-mount-system-internal.pkla and put this inside of it:

[Mount a system-internal device]
Identity=*
Action=org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal
ResultActive=yes

As well as creating this file: /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/55-myconf.pkla and putting this in it:

[Storage Permissions]
 Identity=unix-group:storage
 Action=org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount;org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-eject;org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-detach;org.freedesktop.udisks.luks-unlock;org.freedesktop.udisks.inhibit-polling;org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-set-spindown
 ResultAny=yes
 ResultActive=yes
 ResultInactive=no

I have referred to Google and I have used the search function in this forum. I have also referred to the Wiki. I checked the thunar wiki as well as the udev wiki and the openbox wiki. At this point I am a little stuck.

EDIT: I also tried to permamount the partition in /etc/fstab but that doesn't seem to be what I want because when I do that it makes it so that I can't even see the partition in thunar. Which is obviously a problem. I suppose I should also mention that I actually have no problem mounting and viewing the contents of USB devices. The only problem is with any of my ntfs devices.

Last edited by xworld (2012-06-28 02:32:31)

Inxsible · 2012-06-28 02:06:42

You just gotta know how to search. Searching for ntfs drives gave me this thread as the 4th result. Its solved, involves the same error message and uses Thunar & Slim too

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=143623

xworld · 2012-06-28 02:20:01

I suppose you are right about needing to learn how to search. In this thread he solved it by changing his /etc/polkit-l/localauthority/50-local.d/10-storage-group-mount-override.pkla. However when I try to save the changes it says error writing /etc/polkit-l/localauthority/50-local.d/10-storage-group-mount-override.pkla.

Pres · 2012-06-28 02:25:31

Because you are not creating the file as root?

xworld · 2012-06-28 02:31:55

I was using sudo nano to create and edit the file. For some reason though it worked this time. I just ran sudo nano like I was doing before but it worked this time. Thanks for your responses Arch users. This has been solved.

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#1 2012-06-28 01:54:00

[SOLVED]Not authorized to perform this operation

#2 2012-06-28 02:06:42

Re: [SOLVED]Not authorized to perform this operation

#3 2012-06-28 02:20:01

Re: [SOLVED]Not authorized to perform this operation

#4 2012-06-28 02:25:31

Re: [SOLVED]Not authorized to perform this operation

#5 2012-06-28 02:31:55

Re: [SOLVED]Not authorized to perform this operation

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