[Frugalware-devel] Mount USB with gid=users

[Alex Smith]

Cláudio Henrique wrote:
> Hi, folks,
> 
> I've been trying to make gnome-volume-manager mount my usb with users
> group access, but I've failed so far. here is the thread I've started
> on the forum:
> 
> http://forums.frugalware.org/index.php?t=msg&th=1134&start=0&rid=704&S=d7e971f511436bf01e7ba05b71a99210 
> 
> 
> If someone knows the answer, please, help!
> 
> The rules I've added through hal appears on hal-device-manager, but
> the device keeps being mounted root:root. I don't understand how it is
> deciding the policy to mount my drive.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Claudio.
> 

When the volume gets mounted you should change the volume properties in 
GNOME to mount with gid=1000. You can find the properties by going to 
Places -> Computer, right clicking the volume, going to the Volume tab 
and adding gid=1000 in the Mount Options text box.

Thanks,
Alex
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Alex Smith
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