On Mon, 28 May 2012 19:02:16 +0200 Wolfgang Bornath <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2012/5/28 Doug Laidlaw <[email protected]>: > > On Mon, 28 May 2012 10:34:55 -0400 > > Doug Lytle <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Doug Laidlaw wrote: > >> > But there must be a more satisfactory answer. > >> > >> I add the following to my /etc/sudoers file so I don't have to > >> enter a password to run VirtualBox: > >> > >> doug ALL=/usr/bin/VirtualBox NOPASSWD > >> > >> Doug > >> > >> > > > > That should do it. The full path is /bin/mount. Substitute that > > for /usr/bin/VirtualBox > > > > I think that it is effective immediately. > > Still I wonder how could the fallback have an effect on the way > removable media are handled. In my new MGA2 installation from the free > DVD where I selected GNOME standard installation I did not experience > the fallback (although the proprietary driver of my nvidia wasn't > installed). When I insert a stick or sd card or a cd I immediately get > the popup with the icon and options to mount it (no root needed). > I don't use gnome, but since xfce is derived from it, I would have expected the same behavior. The question of mounting media upon insertion isn't straightforward. The installation CDs are made readable although not mounted. Doug's solution provides an option only: it allows the user to mount the device. If the "user" option is given in /etc/fstab, it allows the user to mount the device, but that would need a permanent mountpoint to be set. I used to be advised that if I wanted my USB key to be mounted immediately, I should set a mount point. As I understand it, with the new system that is no longer the case, even for /dev/cdrom. I have still occasionally been caught by removing media before writing to it is finished. Doug.
