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kryo

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Registered: 2004-04-13

Posts: 40

non-root device access for gnome 2.6?

Hi!

I've managed to get Arch up and running, save for some minor snags.

How do non-root users gain access to devices (floppy, cdrom, etc) in "computer" on the gnome desktop? Only filesystem & network icons are displayed. (All devices are present for root user)

Mount/umounting the devices for non-root users from the terminal is ok.

My fstab:

# 
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system>        <dir>         <type>    <options>          <dump> <pass>
none                   /proc         proc      defaults            0      0
none                   /dev/pts      devpts    defaults            0      0
none                   /dev/shm      tmpfs     defaults            0      0
tmpfs                  /tmp          tmpfs     defaults            0      0
sysfs                  /sys          sysfs     defaults            0      0
usbdevfs               /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs  defaults            0      0

/dev/cdroms/cdrom0     /mnt/CD-ROM   iso9660   ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
#/dev/cdroms/cdrom0     /mnt/DVD  udf       ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
/dev/floppy/0          /mnt/Floppy   vfat      user,noauto,sync      0      0
/dev/sda1           /mnt/USBdrive vfat      user,noauto,sync

/dev/discs/disc0/part5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/discs/disc0/part1 / reiserfs defaults 0 0
/dev/discs/disc0/part6 /home reiserfs defaults 0 0

Any help is appreciated.

kryo

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Registered: 2004-04-13

Posts: 40

Re: non-root device access for gnome 2.6?

Heh, got it to work.

Gave read permissions for fstab to "users" group. I can see the devices in gnome now.

smoochie

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From: chicago, USA

Registered: 2004-04-01

Posts: 27

Re: non-root device access for gnome 2.6?

Tricky, tricky!

Thanks for posting your solution kryo. I've been trying to solve the same problem since seeing your post. In fact, it was your post that made me realize something was missing.

-Jason

kryo

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Registered: 2004-04-13

Posts: 40

Re: non-root device access for gnome 2.6?

No problem. 

I'm just glad it works now.