Public bug reported:
I have been using 1 computer with 2 desktops [x sessions] for some time
now (cntrl-F7, cntrl-F8). One of the things that does not work well is
shared access to devices, especially hotplug devices.
Specifically, USB storage devices (such as flash memory), when plugged
in, wil
After further digging this is an issue with the file kioslave
(kioslave/file/file.cc) not accepting a umask while using pmount. In
multiuser graphical environments, the ability to set umask is very
important.
If the ioslave accepted a umask, both users would be able to access the
mounted device a
Another note, I've downloaded the kde source and attempted to patch in
the umask setting I desire (in the file.cc ioslave) and this doesn't
appear to be working. I wonder if HAL/DBUS is actually performing the
mount and not the ioslave (likely).
If so, this is a system-wide issue still and not an
