Hello. I have recently purchased a M-Systems DiskOnKey, and while I can read from and write to it on my Linux box (RedHat 7.2, kernel 2.4.17), I am experiencing some problems with mounting the device.
When I insert the device into the USB port an entry is created in /etc/fstab: /dev/sda1 /mnt/diskonkey auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 The only way I have been able to mount the device is with mount /dev/sda /mnt/diskonkey as root. If I try as any other user I get mount: only root can do that Whilst the device works when mounted as root and I can read from it with a normal user, I can only write to it if I su to root, which is rather annoying. I have the following questions for which I hope somebody on the list will have answers to: 1) Why can't I mount the device when I am logged in as a non-root user? The options in the fstab entry are the same as for the floppy device (as well as the filesystem type 'auto'), and this I can mount as any non-root user with mount /mnt/floppy Is it because the DiskOnKey device is a SCSI device? 2) Where does the fstab entry come from in the first place? Kudzu? Hotplug? Any pointers on how to make configure the "thing" that creates the fstab entry so a non-root user can mount the device would be great. Regards, -- Janus Christensen ______________________________________________________ I want something that'll give me the stamina of a young werewolf, the vision of a shaman, the thoughts of a serial killer and the gentleness of a hungry vampire bat. -- Spider Jerusalem, Transmetropolitan
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