usb flash disk mount problem

[valemon]

Whenever I try to mount a usb flash disk I get

A security policy in place prevents this sender from sending this message to this recipient, see message bus configuration file (rejected message had interface "org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume"
member "Mount" error name "(unset)"
destination "org.freedesktio.Hal")

Using slackware 12.

[aliov]

Are you in the dbus messagebus (or haldaemon ) groups ? if you are able to mount it as root ,so this is you problem , to solve it add yourself in these two groups.

usermod -G dbus,messagebus (your_user_name) .


Hope this helps.

[valemon]

I have not yet made a user until I configure slack. So i am running as root. Also I cannot access the linux partition.

[aliov]

Run groups as root and see also root in wish groups he is !

About the Linux partitions, tell me the whole story please .

Regards.

[happyslacker]

Try this shell script:
Slackare Linux articles: Using USB memory sticks with Slackware Linux

[happyslacker]

You must enable HAL and D-BUS before using script vsupdfstab:

chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.messagebus
/etc/rc.d/rc.messagebus start
chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.hald
/etc/rc.d/rc.hald start

[rworkman]

Are you in the dbus messagebus (or haldaemon ) groups ? if you are able to mount it as root ,so this is you problem , to solve it add yourself in these two groups.

usermod -G dbus,messagebus (your_user_name) .

There is absolutely NO REASON for a user to be in the messagebus or hald groups. Don't do that.

In order for HAL/DBUS to allow a user (ANY user, including root) to mount a device, that user MUST be a member of the plugdev group. It's a good idea to go ahead and add the user to the cdrom group as well, but plugdev will do what most people want.

This is not a complicated concept; it's already documented in several common places for Slackware help, and yet still there is incorrect advice given regularly and others suggesting the addition of unknown custom software that modifies /etc/fstab dynamically. Sheesh.

[aliov]

Yes you right , i was wrong, it's enough to be in the plugdev group .

Regards.