Automount usb multiple users logged in

[rogan.joshua]

Hi I run my nice SUSE 10.2 box with me, my girlfriend and my son all logged in.

This works very nicely with autolock on we all know how to CTRL+ALT+F? to get to our login.

The problem I have is my usb key. I stick it in and automount/hal mounts it KDE pops up "New device found..." but the key is mounted under my girlfriends UID and I cannot write to it?

Is there any way I can mount it where it is group writeable or where do i go to configure the process. From what I have read hal isn't easy to figure out.

Basically anyone of us want to come unlock out screen stick our key in and read/write to it.


Cheers Martin

[rogan.joshua]

Can no-one answer my question??

[Zelmo]

You'll probably need to check udev's permissions for USB devices. Have a look at /etc/udev/permissions.rules and see if you can identify which line affects USB flash memory. In my file, it look like there's a block starting on line 12 that defines attributes and permissions for block devices, and at the end of that block (line 18) is a line for removable devices, including USB. It assigns a group, but there's no MODE argument to give specific permissions. That's probably the line you need to add a MODE to.

See this guide to writing udev rules for more details on positively identifying what line(s) you need to edit, and how the editing is done.

[rogan.joshua]

Thanks Zelmo you're a star!