http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494160 Summary: A default user's polkit-auth settings are empty by default Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.0 Version: Final Platform: i586 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.0 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: KDE4 Workspace AssignedTo: kde-maintainers@suse.de ReportedBy: mvdv@spamcop.net QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.8) Gecko/2009032600 SUSE/3.0.8-1.1 Firefox/3.0.6, Ant.com Toolbar 1.3 Default user accounts are not permitted to mount or eject removable media. There are many bug reports, forum posts and blog posts advising people to edit xml files or otherwise wrestling with USB/DVD/CDROM drive behavior, e.g. http://sathyasays.com/2008/08/20/how-to-enable-auto-mounting-of-external-dri... Instead openSUSE hal settings should just work. There is a suggested fix for removable media, but what else should be properly set.....? Please can we have a patch for all openSUSE systems, not just 11.2 that sets the 'correct policies' for a user to have a fully functional installation? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. As an ordinary user run: # polkit-auth 2. 3. Actual Results: empty Expected Results: AT LEAST: org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable org.freedesktop.hal.storage.eject Suggested fix: # sudo polkit-auth --grant org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable --user <user_name> # sudo polkit-auth --grant org.freedesktop.hal.storage.eject --user <user_name> -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.