On Sam, 2006-04-08 at 14:21 -0400, Joe Ciccone wrote: > gnome-mount --text --no-ui --device /dev/sda1 > gnome-mount 0.4 > > ** (gnome-mount:18819): WARNING **: Mount failed for > /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_9a5b205f_e80d_49ec_94c2_82798b88be08 > org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied : A security policy in place > prevents this sender from sending this message to this recipient, see > message bus configuration file (rejected message had interface > "org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume" member "Mount" error name "(unset)" > destination "org.freedesktop.Hal") > > When I run this as root all goes well. I have a feeling this is because > mount is being run as whichever user runs gnome-mount. I haven't found a > solution for it yet but I've been looking like crazy.
Default HAL policy only permits root and at_console users to mount storage devices. Whether a user is at console or not is determined by checking whether the file /var/run/console/USERNAME exists. This file gets automatically created by e.g. pam_console or pam_foreground, iirc. BTW: The policy can be changed in /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf Jürg -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
