Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: pmount
Default install of dapper, pmount has permissions of 750 and is owned by root
and group plugdev which the desktop user is not a member of.
When the key was inserted, pmount failed to automount the key, and if the key
was clicked on in the devices list, the error was issued in the gui "could not
execute pmount".
I changed the execute permissions to 755 on /usr/bin/pmount and once this had
been done the key was automatically recognised.
I would assume either the user should have been a member of group usbdev, or
the permissions on pmount should have been 755.
Someone with more take on security and HAL probally would need to look at
relaxing the perms on the binary or group issues, but it fixed it quickly for
me.
** Affects: pmount (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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USB flash drive fails to automount
https://launchpad.net/bugs/68237
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