I just want to be able to access and modify the files on my usb drive as a normal user. The mount command works perfectly as root but then the files that I end up copying to my home folder can only be modified as root. I only use a window manager and use just bash for file management. I just want to be able to it through the command line.

(using 13.37)

have a look at pmount from sbo.

File managers such as Thunar automatically mount usb drives if you are a member of the appropriate group. I believe that you can use chmod recursively if the files copied from the thumb drive belong to root.

Mountlo: software to mount files (any file that the "mount" utility supports), on a Linux system, without the need to have root/admin privileges.

download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse/files/mountlo/


cheers,

You also can have a look at your /etc/fstab. Just add a line with your usb-device (e.g. /dev/sdb) and a suitable mount point (e.g. /mnt/memory). As options use 'noauto,user' . This should enable you to mount your usb-drive as a normal user with the command 'mount /mnt/memory'. Depending on the kind of file-system on the usb drive you may have to change permissions with chmod once. A good introduction to /etc/fstab is found at http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/fstab.html

If you installed XFCE, you can use the tool "exo-mount"
http://www.slackwiki.org/Mount_with_...m_command_line

bashmount, that uses udisks (and so works in a consolekit session), looks fine too

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Just add your username to plugdev group and it will mount automatically.

You can also use sudo - put the mount entry in the sudoers file with the appropriate syntax.

hi

i just installed 13.37 for the first time, and on putting a pendrive into a usb slot, the pendrive icon would not even show on the desk top.

i have added my user name to etc/group next to plug dev. now the pendrive icon shows up but will not mount. If I log in as root, there is no problem and I can access pendrive by clicking on its icon on desktop. Guess its a permission thing any ideas?

Also I noted there is another file etc/group- which seems to have another plugdev entry; do I have to edit that file as well?

i'm using xfce, since trying kde it was too slow on my box

Install the "fuse" package in slackware/l.

http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackwar...8.5-i486-1.txz
http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackwar...5-x86_64-1.txz

/etc/group~ is a backup file created by your text editor when you edited /etc/group.

You can add users to groups with the command: "gpasswd -a user group".

Brian

Brian

ok cheers

well I already added my user name by editing etc/group ; also as a normal user at the command
line using su> password # mount /dev/sdb1 -t vfat /media/pendrive I mounted my pendrive after
getting dev info using fdisk -l and creating folder pendrive in media.

I clicked on pendrive icon on desktop and it opened! so thats something useful; so I guess
my real question is- how I do I easily get the pendrive to automount ? by editing fstab ? mstab ?

can anyone point me in the right direction - I have had a look at man automount , & I can-not-a read-a the lingo! ps thinking of changing my user to dyslexic-raving-luddite

In thunar, the xfce file manager, go to Edit/Preferences, choose the Advanced tab and click on Enable Volume Management. Then you can click on configure to enable/disable automounting, etc. I don't remember whether you need to install the xfce-mount-plugin to do this, but if so you can find it at slackbuilds.org.

Brian

ok cheers Brian


i've just ran the script #adduser to add another user,after logging in as this user

my pendrive is mounting automatically, and also I can now power down as a noraml user which I couldn't before , so I can only assume either I messed up in the first place ( I did play with usr/sbin/adduser) or editing /etc/group created a partial user permission.Anyway what I wanted to do has been achieved so .......