Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 07:53:42 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: >> My wife plugged in a USB stick, to save a file to it. It would not let >> her save a file, permission denied. I looked at the ownership of >> /media/disk ( /dev/sdg1) and it showed me as the owner with group as root: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/media$ ls -l /media/disk >> total 208 >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 pbc root 36352 2008-10-02 21:19 FILE_1 >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 pbc root 16408 2008-10-02 21:39 FILE_2 >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 pbc root 104960 2008-10-17 07:00 FILE_3 >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 pbc root 12830 2008-10-17 07:00 FILE_4 >> >> I am logged in first, vt7, she is logged in 2nd, vt8, and when I >> switched to my login, there was the disk window open ( /media/disk). >> >> What do I have to do to get it to recognize her as the owner, when she >> plugs in a USB stick in her login? > > If you found that your session had a disk window open then your session > (and hence your user) must have automounted the medium. For your user, > go to
actually, she plugged in the USB stick about an hour before I got up, so it was her in her login. > > Control Center > Peripherals > Storage Media > this would assume KDE. She is running KDE, I am running gnome. > then click the "Notifications" tab and select "Unmounted Removable > Medium" from the "Media types:" combobox. You will probably see "Open in > New Window (Auto Action)"; you have to change that so that "Do Nothing" > is the auto action. I have seen it many times before, when I put in a CD. After I am done, I go to her login and see that "OPEN CD with" dialog. So it happens both ways, the windo opens in her login when I insert something & vice versa.. I'll try what you suggested, thanks! -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]