On Sun, 2004-09-26 at 22:42, Jim Christiansen wrote: > After a pile of searching I have done the following to get my new SanDisk > usb stick going- > > nano -w /etc/modprobe.conf and added > options scsi_mod max_scsi_luns=16 > to the bottom of the list > > nano -w /etc/updfstab.conf.default and added > device cruzer { > partition 1 > match hd Cruzer > } > to the bottom of the list > > did > mkdir /mnt/cruzer > > and even > chmod 777 /mnt/cruzer > > When I mount my /dev/sda1 to /mnt/cruzer I can see a file already there > from SanDisk - a win$#%@.exe type of file. > > df -h shows about 244 megs on the disk, but a normal user can not write to > the device. I get a nice access denied message. > > What must I do to get this stinkin thing working for any person? > > Oh, and with these entries, my Sony camera can't be accessed. > > Thanks :-) > > Jim In /etc/fstab you should put a line such as: /dev/sda1 /mnt/cruzer auto noauto,users 0 0 where /dev/sda1 matches the device that is mapped to your cruzer, auto (or specific filesystem type) is the filesystem type, and /mnt/cruzer is the mount point to be used. Make changes as appropriate. This then should allow the individual user to mount/dismount it similar to what is done for cdroms and give the user full ownership.