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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Mount fails for non-root users (device:/ ioslave & desktop)
From:       Manuel Amador <amadorm () usm ! edu ! ec>
Date:       2002-12-19 21:42:23
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This is almost surely a consequence of devices:/ calling
  "mount -o iso9660 /dev/cdrecorder /mnt/cdrecorder"
instead of
  "mount /dev/cdrecorder"

The only way you'll get mount to work properly is if the devices:/ slave
has intelligence built in to use the second form whenever you're a
regular user and what you want to mount appears in fstab.

El vie, 13-12-2002 a las 08:35, Alexandros Karypidis escribió:
> 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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