Re: Resolved: Can't write to external usb drive as normal user despite efforts
On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:49:53 +0200 SM wrote: > On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 04:07:32PM +, Brian wrote: > > The usual Debian way of dealing with that situation is > > to give users permission to mount removable devices by putting them in > > the plugdev group. > > Or just install pmount. Plug the device in, do "dmesg | tail" to check > the device and "pmount /dev/sdb1" to mount it in /media/sdb1. > Everything done as $USER. Well, that's actually what I do, although Windows users just shake their heads at me, and wonder why I'm using some OS from the 60's ... Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2027232019.ac1562ad5ac1550c4f0fc...@gmail.com
Re: Resolved: Can't write to external usb drive as normal user despite efforts
On Sun 27 Nov 2011 at 19:49:53 +0200, SM wrote: > On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 04:07:32PM +, Brian wrote: > > The usual Debian way of dealing with that situation is > > to give users permission to mount removable devices by putting them in > > the plugdev group. > > Or just install pmount. Plug the device in, do "dmesg | tail" to check > the device and "pmount /dev/sdb1" to mount it in /media/sdb1. > Everything done as $USER. You do need to be in group plugdev to use pmount but it is a nifty utility and the placing of users in groups does, of course, give much finer control over who can do what than the methods available in mount. Using GNOME, however, the mounting and display of files on a vfat partiton just takes place without any fuss, so I can see why pmount doesn't attract as much attention. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2027193459.GO3655@desktop
Re: Resolved: Can't write to external usb drive as normal user despite efforts
On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 04:07:32PM +, Brian wrote: > The usual Debian way of dealing with that situation is > to give users permission to mount removable devices by putting them in > the plugdev group. Or just install pmount. Plug the device in, do "dmesg | tail" to check the device and "pmount /dev/sdb1" to mount it in /media/sdb1. Everything done as $USER. -- :wq -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2027174953.ga20...@hilla.kapsi.fi
Re: Resolved: Can't write to external usb drive as normal user despite efforts
On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:07:20 -0800, keitho wrote: > Thanks to Camaleon, John Lindsay, and Chris Brennan for responding. > > This statement put into my /etc/fstab seems to have worked, and auto > mount as well: > > UUID=9419-5112/usbvfatuid=1000,gid=1000,utf8,umask= 0 0 > > The UUID is obtained via blkid, the uid and gid are for my keith > account. It is *much better* to use the UUID than the mutable "/dev/sdx" :-) > I still haven't found a good explanation for the umask option- nothing > in man pages under "umask", very little under pam_umask or pam ... "man mount" and scroll to "vfat", there are many options you can tweak (umask, dmask, fmask). A value of "umask=" will set the perms of the USB files to read/write/execute for user/group/others. You can, of course, adjust this value to something that better suits your needs. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.11.27.17.18...@gmail.com
Re: Resolved: Can't write to external usb drive as normal user despite efforts
On Sat 26 Nov 2011 at 16:07:20 -0800, kei...@strucktower.com wrote: > Thanks to Camaleon, John Lindsay, and Chris Brennan for responding. > > This statement put into my /etc/fstab seems to have worked, and auto mount > as well: > > UUID=9419-5112/usbvfatuid=1000,gid=1000,utf8,umask= 0 0 > > The UUID is obtained via blkid, the uid and gid are for my keith account. I'd be dissatisfied with myself if I to do this in order to write to a removable device. The device would only be available to one user, which may be what you want, but it seems a bit drastic to limit the system use in such a way. Granted you can replace 'uid=' etc with 'user', but in that case you had better have 'noauto' there too. And don't repartition too often, otherwise you will wear out the fstab file. For every USB stick plugged in you'll be becoming root, getting a UUID for each partition and editing fstab. It won't make a good impression on visitors who only want to show you the 10,000 photographs they took on a recent holiday - especially if the procedure doesn't immediately come to mind! You were unable to write to the drive because a partition had been mounted as root. The usual Debian way of dealing with that situation is to give users permission to mount removable devices by putting them in the plugdev group. It's a bit more involved with GNOME+gdm/gdm3 but the process is hidden from view and designed to be handled automatically. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2027160732.GM3655@desktop
Re: Resolved: Can't write to external usb drive as normal user despite efforts
Thank you Sven- The wikipedia article was just what I needed :-) Keith > On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 04:08:31PM -0800, kei...@strucktower.com wrote: > > Hi, > >> I still haven't found a good explanation for the umask option- nothing >> in >> man pages under "umask", very little under pam_umask or pam ... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umask > > man 2 umask is in manpages-dev in case that's not installed on your > system currently. > > 'help umask' and/or the manpage of your shell might be of some help too. > > HTH > Sven > -- > I don't know much, but I do know this: > With a golden heart, comes a rebel fist > [ Streetlight Manifesto - Here's To Life ] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/616cdafd17d005a3e891354fce676e5a.squir...@webmail.strucktower.com
Re: Resolved: Can't write to external usb drive as normal user despite efforts
On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 04:08:31PM -0800, kei...@strucktower.com wrote: Hi, > I still haven't found a good explanation for the umask option- nothing in > man pages under "umask", very little under pam_umask or pam ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umask man 2 umask is in manpages-dev in case that's not installed on your system currently. 'help umask' and/or the manpage of your shell might be of some help too. HTH Sven -- I don't know much, but I do know this: With a golden heart, comes a rebel fist [ Streetlight Manifesto - Here's To Life ] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2027081927.GA1741@colin
Resolved: Can't write to external usb drive as normal user despite efforts
Thanks to Camaleon, John Lindsay, and Chris Brennan for responding. This statement put into my /etc/fstab seems to have worked, and auto mount as well: UUID=9419-5112 /usbvfatuid=1000,gid=1000,utf8,umask= 0 0 The UUID is obtained via blkid, the uid and gid are for my keith account. I still haven't found a good explanation for the umask option- nothing in man pages under "umask", very little under pam_umask or pam ... Keith > On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:47:12 -0800, keitho wrote: > >> I have an external usb drive on which I have a fat32 formatted >> partition. I can't figure out how to mount it so that I can write to it >> as a normal user. > > (...) > > You need to set the right perms for the mounted partition, either > manually or by letting the automounter facility (if there is any > available) does its job, for example: > > mount -t vfat -o uid=keith,gid=keith,utf8,umask= /dev/sda4 /usb > > Greetings, > > -- > Camaleón > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/f82a12ee32af972a08748345966d134a.squir...@webmail.strucktower.com
Resolved: Can't write to external usb drive as normal user despite efforts
Thanks to Camaleon, John Lindsay, and Chris Brennan for responding. This statement put into my /etc/fstab seems to have worked, and auto mount as well: UUID=9419-5112 /usbvfatuid=1000,gid=1000,utf8,umask= 0 0 The UUID is obtained via blkid, the uid and gid are for my keith account. I still haven't found a good explanation for the umask option- nothing in man pages under "umask", very little under pam_umask or pam ... Keith > On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:47:12 -0800, keitho wrote: > >> I have an external usb drive on which I have a fat32 formatted >> partition. I can't figure out how to mount it so that I can write to it >> as a normal user. > > (...) > > You need to set the right perms for the mounted partition, either > manually or by letting the automounter facility (if there is any > available) does its job, for example: > > mount -t vfat -o uid=keith,gid=keith,utf8,umask= /dev/sda4 /usb > > Greetings, > > -- > Camaleón > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/3322f7bb94e91e09d6b3de167e97aee2.squir...@webmail.strucktower.com
