Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:59:36 +0100 From: Michael Nottebrock <lofi@freebsd.org> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> Cc: molnarcs@gmail.com, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HAL with new kdebase (permission problems) Message-ID: <200612212359.37114.lofi@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <458B0BD0.7070805@FreeBSD.org> References: <200612212154.27696.molnarcs@gmail.com> <200612212325.29958.lofi@freebsd.org> <458B0BD0.7070805@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thursday, 21. December 2006 23:33, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> Michael Nottebrock wrote:
> > On Thursday, 21. December 2006 21:54, Csaba Molnar wrote:
> >> Hello!
> >>
> >> I installed kdebase with HAL support - it is still greyed out in
> >> kcontrol, but seems to work.
> >
> > That's normal - the ability to switch from HAL to fstab and back at
> > runtime disappeared a while ago, but nobody ever removed the checkbox.
> >
> >> However, when I try to mount an usb memory stick, it
> >> complains about a permission problem.
> >
> > First up, make sure you have the latest version of kdebase,
> > kdebase-3.5.5_1.
> >
> > Then check /usr/ports/UPDATING - I added a few HAL-specific issues to t=
he
> > latest entry for kdebase.
> >
> >> Mounting it in a traditional way works.
> >
> > Does that mean you have an /etc/fstab entry for it? That needs to go, h=
al
> > refuses to mount devices listed in fstab (commenting it out will work,
> > too).
> >
> >> My user is in groups wheel and
> >> operator, vfs.usermount is on
> >
> > Just FYI, vfs.usermount is not required for mounting devices with HAL,
> > neither is any group membershit.
^^^^
Uhm, I know that's hard to believe, but that really *was* a typo. My englis=
h=20
is deteriorating to the point where I keep making subconscious phonetic=20
spelling errors. Scary. Sorry about that, I didn't at all mean to be rude.
> Not true. You need to be a member of the operator group to mount
> removable media with HAL unless KDE is not going through D-BUS for
> mounting.
I'm not sure about the going-through-D-BUS part, but it certainly works for=
me=20
as (uid=3D1001(lofi) gid=3D1001(lofi) groups=3D1001(lofi).=20
=2D-=20
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