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isez2001

Member

Registered: 2006-08-24

Posts: 33

gnome-volume-manager and plugdev

I'm trying to work out some kinks in gnome-volume-manager0--namely, that I cannot unmount disks as a regular user.  Everything I have found says that a user must be a member of the plugdev group for such things to work, so I looked around and found that I should be able to add myself to the plugdev groups like so:

usermod -G plugdev isez2001

But upon giving this command, I receive an error saying that the plugdev group is unknown.

Do I have to create the plugdev group myself?  If so, why?  It really seems like something that should be made to just work.

JGC

Developer

Registered: 2003-12-03

Posts: 1,664

Re: gnome-volume-manager and plugdev

We use the storage group for this, we don't have plugdev.

isez2001

Member

Registered: 2006-08-24

Posts: 33

Re: gnome-volume-manager and plugdev

Alright, I'm a member of the storage group already.

Upon further investigation, I find that my USB flash drive is autmounted in /media under the group "root," and my DVD drive automounts under the group "-1".

I am unable to unmount either of these as a normal user.

Is there something I should do that will make disks mount under the storage group?