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Subject: Mount fails for non-root users (device:/ ioslave & desktop)
From: Alexandros Karypidis <karypid () inf ! uth ! gr>
Date: 2002-12-13 13:35:04
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Hello all,
I've compiled and installed all KDE 3.1 rc5 packages, except for kdebindings
on a i386 SuSE 8.1 Linux.
I have a problem with the devices:/ filesystem. When I login as a user and try
to mount a CDROM or floppy, I get the message:
"mount: only root can do that".
This happens both when I click on the device icon in a konqueror window which
is showing the "devices:/" URL, as well as when I click on the Desktop icons
when I select unmounted devices to appear on my Desktop.
My fstab allows users to mount removable media:
/dev/cdrecorder /media/cdrecorder auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto noauto,user,sync 0 0
If I try "mount /media/cdrom" from konsole's bash prompt the mount succeeds.
Furthermore, the device icon is updated in konqueror and right-clicking to
unmount the device DOES work.
If I run konqueror from konsole to view the debug messages, I see the
following:
--- CUT HERE ---
kio (UIServer): UIServer::newJob observerAppId=anonymous-1771. Giving id=9
kio (UIServer): UIServer::mounting 9 /dev/cdrom
kio_file: MOUNTING fstype= dev=/dev/cdrom point= ro=false
kio_file: FileProtocol::mount _fstype=
kio_file: /bin/mount -t '' '/dev/cdrom' ''
2>/tmp/kde-karypid/kio_fileXJcsza.tmp
kio (UIServer): UIServer::jobFinished id=9
--- CUT HERE ---
As can be seen, the "mount" command attempted tries to specify the type of
file-system and the target mount directory, which is only allowed for root.
--
To err is human, but to forgive is beyond the scope of the Operating System...
Alexandros Karypidis
University of Thessaly
Computer & Communications Engineering dept.
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