[Malvern] Debian and removable devices.

[Chris Eilbeck]

On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 03:59:23PM +0000, Stuart Sslaxx Moore wrote:
> Problem with Debian (Sarge, 2.6.8) and a removable drive (a USB memory
> stick):
> 
> Debian can pick up the memory stick. However, it is not auto-mounted by
> GNOME. I can only mount it via root (as /dev/sdb1), which means only
> root can write to the device. What I want is for it to be detected,
> then mounted and usable by the current user.
> 
> Advice?

Modify /etc/fstab to read something like

/dev/sdb1	/mnt/usbstick	noauto,user,uid=stuart,gid=stuart	1	1

You should be able to frig it so it'll automatically mount when you
insert it but I'm not sure how, I just do it manually.

Chris
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