On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 9:41 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 09:16 -0400, max bianco wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 1:50 AM, Charles Sullivan <cwsulliv@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > How can I mount a USB external drive (SimpleTech 320 GB) as a normal > > > user? > > > > > > If as a normal user I run 'mount /[mount_point]', there's no error message > > > but the device is not mounted. As root the same command mounts the > > > device and I am thereafter able to read and write to it as a normal user. > > > > > Thats because by default only root can use the mount command. So the > > question is which group can you add yourself too that has that > > permission? or is it simply a matter of the command not being in the > > users path? I am running F8 not FC6 so others can maybe provide better > > responses but i don't believe that the solution is more complex than > > that. > > If it was just a permissions problem, 'mount' would give an error > message. Likewise if it wasn't in the user's path (it's possible though > unlikely that $PATH gets him a different version of 'mount'; using > '/bin/mount' would get round that). > > poc > He is saying that mount works as root and not a regular user but once its mounted it works for the user, usually that is a permissions issue. I know F8 you get an error message but he is on FC6. Max
