From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 28 20:19:41 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FA0D1065678 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:19:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dmk@ncf.ca) Received: from saruman.ncf.ca (saruman.ncf.ca [134.117.136.37]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 163228FC1F for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:19:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dmk@ncf.ca) Received: from ncf.ca (mail [134.117.136.45]) by saruman.ncf.ca (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 Patch 2 (built Jul 14 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JYG00H9FJ4MT3@saruman.ncf.ca> for freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org; Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:19:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [99.240.223.194] by saruman.ncf.ca (mshttpd); Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:19:34 -0400 Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:19:34 -0400 From: Dwayne MacKinnon To: hartzell@alerce.com Message-id: <1763ae175e68.175e681763ae@ncf.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: iPlanet Messenger Express 5.2 Patch 2 (built Jul 14 2004) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal Cc: kde-freebsd@kde.org, freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't automount without being root X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:19:41 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: George Hartzell Date: Friday, March 28, 2008 3:11 pm Subject: Re: Can't automount without being root > Dwayne MacKinnon writes: > > Hi folks, > > > > I'm using KDE-3.5.8 on FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE. Since the HAL > upgrade I can't > > automount as an "ordinary" user anymore. I get the following > error message in > > Konqueror: > > > > org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable no <-- (action, result) > > > > Automounting as root is fine. My user, btw, is set up as a > member of both the > > wheel and operator groups. > > > > I just posted my experiences with the upgrade to gnome 2.22 and > mentioned this trick: > > : My usb memory stick to automount would not automagically mount, > even : though I'm in the operator group. Some googling suggested > that I > : should add: > : > : > : > : to /usr/local/etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf. Now my memory stick > : mounts automagically. Is this normally required? Did I miss it in > : the freebsd gnome FAQ or should it be added? > > I don't know if it should have been necessary, but it seems to have > helped. > > g. Thanks for the tip, George. I looked around at the man page for PolicyKit.conf and found that the following config allowed the behavior I'd come to expect: Cheers, Dwayne MacKinnon