https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=463997 User kq8z67r6309fo9001@sneakemail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=463997#c3 --- Comment #3 from Henryk Hecht <kq8z67r6309fo9001@sneakemail.com> 2009-01-09 19:53:52 MST --- The problem was /var/lib/PolicyKit-public/org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable.defaults-override, which contained the fairly cryptic: auth_admin_keep_always:auth_admin_keep_always:auth_admin_keep_always when changed to: auth_admin_keep_always:auth_admin_keep_always:yes and following logout, rchal restart, login, things worked again. I don't know if anyone else has run into this, but I'd be surprised if most susers figured it out. I still have no idea what the three fields are for (mystery, inactive, and active sessions?). The files in /var/lib/PolicyKit-public don't belong to PolicyKit: they seem to be generated at install time. So the bug lies in whatever does the generation. auth_admin_keep_always for removable media is not a sensible default, especially in a file no one will ever find to fix. auth_admin_keep_always might not be so bad if KDE3 actually knew how to do it, or even supplied an error message that might make sense to someone who isn't a FDO developer. And anyway, requiring root auth to mount removable media is a big departure from 11.0 and prior. The fact that none of this stuff appears to be documented does not help, especially with config files scatted between /etc /usr/share and /var/lib. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.