Re: [OT] Problem restricting user privileges in ubuntu 7.10

2008-03-14 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 8:40 AM, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am fairly certain that it is hal that is doing the automount (nautilus calls gnome-mount which in turns calls hal) The device gets mounted with the permissions 700 and owned by the unprivileged user. However, the

Re: [OT] Problem restricting user privileges in ubuntu 7.10

2008-03-14 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 11:45:44 +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: [...] I am fairly certain that it is hal that is doing the automount (nautilus calls gnome-mount which in turns calls hal) The device gets mounted with the permissions 700 and owned by the unprivileged user. However,

Re: [OT] Problem restricting user privileges in ubuntu 7.10

2008-03-14 Thread Damon L. Chesser
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/13/08 22:58, Damon L. Chesser wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] This [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc# rgrep floppy * led me to /etc/udev/permissions.rules which has these 2 lines in them: # all block devices on these

Re: [OT] Problem restricting user privileges in ubuntu 7.10

2008-03-14 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 05:58:55AM +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Sorry for the non debian-specific post. You mean a non-debian specific post. Why not ask on a Ubuntu list? Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: [OT] Problem restricting user privileges in ubuntu 7.10

2008-03-14 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 05:58:55AM +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Sorry for the non debian-specific post. You mean a non-debian specific post. Why not ask on a Ubuntu list? Doug. I have not had much luck with the ubuntu list. Google could not help me either and

Re: [OT] Problem restricting user privileges in ubuntu 7.10

2008-03-14 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/14/08 18:53, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 05:58:55AM +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Sorry for the non debian-specific post. You mean a non-debian specific post. No, I don't think so.

[OT] Problem restricting user privileges in ubuntu 7.10

2008-03-13 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Sorry for the non debian-specific post. I am facing some trouble in disabling user access to external storage devices on a ubuntu 7.10 system. I have created an unprivileged user, 'guest'. The user is not a member of any other group than the default. $ id guest uid=1001(guest)

Re: [OT] Problem restricting user privileges in ubuntu 7.10

2008-03-13 Thread Damon L. Chesser
Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Sorry for the non debian-specific post. I am facing some trouble in disabling user access to external storage devices on a ubuntu 7.10 system. I have created an unprivileged user, 'guest'. The user is not a member of any other group than the default. $ id guest

Re: [OT] Problem restricting user privileges in ubuntu 7.10

2008-03-13 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Damon L. Chesser wrote: Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Sorry for the non debian-specific post. I am facing some trouble in disabling user access to external storage devices on a ubuntu 7.10 system. I have created an unprivileged user, 'guest'. The user is not a member of any other group than the

Re: [OT] Problem restricting user privileges in ubuntu 7.10

2008-03-13 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Rich Healey wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Sorry for the non debian-specific post. I am facing some trouble in disabling user access to external storage devices on a ubuntu 7.10 system. I have created an unprivileged user, 'guest'. The user is

Re: [OT] Problem restricting user privileges in ubuntu 7.10

2008-03-13 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/13/08 20:56, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Rich Healey wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Sorry for the non debian-specific post. I am facing some trouble in disabling user access to external storage

Re: [OT] Problem restricting user privileges in ubuntu 7.10

2008-03-13 Thread Damon L. Chesser
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/13/08 20:56, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Rich Healey wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Sorry for the non debian-specific post. I am facing some trouble in

Re: [OT] Problem restricting user privileges in ubuntu 7.10

2008-03-13 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/13/08 22:58, Damon L. Chesser wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] This [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc# rgrep floppy * led me to /etc/udev/permissions.rules which has these 2 lines in them: # all block devices on these buses are removable