FC6 Hal mounts usb hard drive as root.root 755

[mrmailer]

How do I stop this and get it to mount the drive so the user can write? It does that fine with usb flash drives and my memory card reader.

[Seve]

Hello:
You can use gconf-editor and under /system/storage/default_options/

select the type and either amend or add a new default mount option

Seve

[mrmailer]

Well, it's ext3, which is not mentioned in there.

[Seve]

Originally Posted by mrmailer

Well, it's ext3, which is not mentioned in there.

Hello:
Sorry, don't have one to try, however, when you have it plugged in you could try
chmod 755 - R /media/nameofusbdrive

Seve

[hiberphoptik]

i have struggled with this exact problem since udev came out.... plug in an ipod or thumb drive, you can read/write to it but try and execute something from it... good luck

whats that you say? just chmod the mount point? cant do that, udev/hal will win that war

its a shame because there is a nice linux app called yamipod that runs from the ipod, however it wont execute even if you are root

[Seve]

Hello:
You can hack / amend /change the /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/20-storage-methods.fdi

It may be a little bit of trial and error, however, it can be done.
The layout / sections are fairly intuitive
Or you can create a new .fdi if you like.
As always, back up the files first and you should be fine.

whats that you say? just chmod the mount point? cant do that, udev/hal will win that war

Well, you may be correct, however I have done it successfully before, however, it was not a ext3 filesystem. Now, it may also because I have amended some of the fdi files as well. Not sure, so again you may well be correct.

Seve

[nick.stumpos]

hiberphoptik
just change the udev rules for the device in /etc/udev/rules.d and change the mode to 0770, and make sure you are in the group that has ownership

[Seve]

Originally Posted by Nickisgod1

hiberphoptik
just change the udev rules for the device in /etc/udev/rules.d and change the mode to 0770, and make sure you are in the group that has ownership

Hello Nick:
An even better solution ....

Seve

[mrmailer]

Which device am I looking for? It's a hammer 320gb usb drive

this is all i have in that dir

05-udev-early.rules 60-net.rules 90-alsa.rules
50-udev.rules 60-pcmcia.rules 90-hal.rules
51-hotplug.rules 60-slvr.rules 95-pam-console.rules
60-libsane.rules 60-wacom.rules

[Seve]

Hello:
When your USB device is plugged in what entry is generated in your /etc/mtab file
Can you post that and I will see if I can help, if Nick does not get back here

Seve

[mrmailer]

/dev/sdg6 /media/disk ext3 rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0
/dev/sdg5 /media/disk-1 ext3 rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0
/dev/sdg1 /media/New\040Volume_ ntfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,umask=222 0 0

lsusb
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:092c Logitech, Inc.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0403:f850 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 04e6:e001 SCM Microsystems, Inc. SCR331 SmartCard Reader
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 046d:c00e Logitech, Inc. M-BJ69 Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 045e:001d Microsoft Corp. Natural Keyboard Pro
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0451:1446 Texas Instruments, Inc. TUSB2040/2070 Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0556:0001 Asahi Kasei Microsystems Co., Ltd AK5370 I/F A/D Converter
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 012: ID 067b:3507 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL3507 ATAPI6 Bridge
Bus 005 Device 011: ID 03f0:3104 Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 960c
Bus 005 Device 010: ID 058f:6362 Alcor Micro Corp.
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 05e3:0606 Genesys Logic, Inc.
Bus 005 Device 009: ID 04b8:010f Seiko Epson Corp. Perfection 1250
Bus 005 Device 005: ID 0424:2504 Standard Microsystems Corp.

[Seve]

Hello:
Let's try one more thing before attempting to edit the udev rules
when the device in question is plugged in
as root using
su -
yourpassword
chown username:username -R /media/devicename

Then unmount the volume and reboot and when your system comes up plug in the drive and see what if anything has changed

Seve

[mrmailer]

that seems to have fixed it, even without rebooting.

wish i could figure out how to change the volume name, though:O

[Seve]

Originally Posted by mrmailer

that seems to have fixed it, even without rebooting.

wish i could figure out how to change the volume name, though:O

Hello:
The easiest way to change the volume name is to do it in windows ....
There are other ways, I believe, although at the moment I cannot recall how to do it.....! Sorry failing memory.
Perhaps someone else can chime in with a way to do it.

Seve

[hiberphoptik]

Originally Posted by Nickisgod1

hiberphoptik
just change the udev rules for the device in /etc/udev/rules.d and change the mode to 0770, and make sure you are in the group that has ownership

sure but i dont see anything listed for the ipod specifically im afraid to start messing around with udev rules