[Malvern] Debian and removable devices.

[Stuart "Sslaxx" Moore]

Chris Eilbeck wrote:
> 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.

Already figured it out, thanks to a prompt response to me asking the 
question on LinuxQuestions.org. Thanks anyway, Chris!

Bye,

-- 
Stuart "Sslaxx" Moore.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/sslaxx/