HAL automount permissions differs between USB HD and USB memory stick
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where Expansion Drive is the HD and KINGSTON the memory stick. The difference in permissions makes it hard to share the HD as a samba share. Why is there a difference? There is no entry for the HD (or the memory stick) in /etc/fstab. There was no problem connecting to the HD from Windows via samba in slack 13.0, so I guess something must have happened in the upgrade. And, finally, how and where do I set the permissions to 755 for the HD?
I would advise running the command "hal-device" and look for your USB HD device. If you posted what hal reported for that drive, we can perhaps give some pointers.
I would advise running the command "hal-device" and look for your USB HD device. If you posted what hal reported for that drive, we can perhaps give some pointers.
That is a very long listing, with several different entries for the HD. What should I search for if I want to see which permissions are set?
By the way, this is the mount information for the HD if that helps:
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/dev/sdb1 on /media/Expansion Drive type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_permissions)
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