Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kdebase
I configured udev in such a way, that one particular external USB drive I own attaches to the system without read/write permissions. $ ls -ltr /dev/sdj* /dev/mydisk-* brw-rw---- 1 jhendrix vboxusers 8, 144 2011-03-25 20:44 /dev/sdj lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2011-03-25 20:44 /dev/mydisk-prestigio -> sdj b--------- 1 root root 8, 146 2011-03-25 20:44 /dev/sdj2 b--------- 1 root root 8, 145 2011-03-25 20:44 /dev/sdj1 The interesting thing is that Kubuntu 10.10 automatically opens both partitions sdj1 and sdj2 in Dolphin as writeable filesystems eventhough the device files have mode 0. This is not what I expect / want, because the whole drive is owned by an unprivileged user. In turn this behaviour causes a problem as I attach "/dev/mydisk-prestigio" to a VirtualBox virtual machine, and this VM will create partitions and filesystems on this disk. The problem that arises is that the VM has full ownership of the whole disk, including its partitions and at the same time the host's desktop user has r/w access to its partitions. To the best of my knowledge, udev does not support "not-creating sd* devicefiles for the disk and its partitions" or renaming them. I tried changing "NAME" in the udev rules, but udev doesn't like that: "udevd- work[20051]: kernel-provided name 'sdj' and NAME= 'mydisk-prestigio' disagree, please use SYMLINK+= or change the kernel to provide the proper name" Please refer to my website for further details on what I did: http://wirespeed.xs4all.nl/mediawiki/index.php/Figuring_out_udev_rules#Assigning_a_raw_disk_to_a_specific_user Kubuntu 10.10 x86_64 Description: Ubuntu 10.10 Release: 10.10 Platform Version 4.5.1 (KDE 4.5.1) udev Installed: 162-2.2 ** Affects: kdebase (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: automount kde udev -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdebase in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/742751 Title: writeable automounted partition with device file mode 0000 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
