[opensuse-factory] Unable to Mount USB Stick as Non-root
Hello all, I haven't had a need to mount an USB stick in a long time and now I am not able to mount it as non-root. I don't use any DE's. However, I have following polkit rule in /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/10-udisks2.rules: ---- // Allow udisks2 to mount devices without authentication // for users in the "trusted" group. polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) { if ((action.id == "org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount-system" || action.id == "org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount") && subject.isInGroup("trusted")) { return polkit.Result.YES; } }); ---- I am in the trusted group. This used to work but not anymore. Any insights will be appreciated. Thanks. Charles -- "Are [Linux users] lemmings collectively jumping off of the cliff of reliable, well-engineered commercial software?" (By Matt Welsh)
Hello, On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 14:32:43 -0400 Charles Philip Chan <cpchan777@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello all,
I haven't had a need to mount an USB stick in a long time and now I am not able to mount it as non-root. I don't use any DE's. However, I have following polkit rule in /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/10-udisks2.rules:
---- // Allow udisks2 to mount devices without authentication // for users in the "trusted" group. polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) { if ((action.id == "org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount-system" || action.id == "org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount") && subject.isInGroup("trusted")) { return polkit.Result.YES; } }); ----
I am in the trusted group. This used to work but not anymore.
I tried to debug this a while back and in the end resorted to using pmount which is really easy to set up - unlike anything using policykit. Note that you need a file manager that asks policykit to mount the device. AFAIK mount(8) does not use policykit so any amount of policy settings won't help you. HTH Michal
On Donnerstag, 31. August 2017 21:09:13 CEST Michal Suchánek wrote:
Hello,
On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 14:32:43 -0400
Charles Philip Chan <cpchan777@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello all,
I haven't had a need to mount an USB stick in a long time and now I am not able to mount it as non-root. I don't use any DE's. However, I have following polkit rule in /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/10-udisks2.rules:
---- // Allow udisks2 to mount devices without authentication // for users in the "trusted" group. polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
if ((action.id ==
"org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount-system" || action.id == "org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount") && subject.isInGroup("trusted")) { return polkit.Result.YES;
}
}); ----
I am in the trusted group. This used to work but not anymore.
You can check your authorizations with e.g.: pkcheck -p $$ -a org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount-system For debugging, you can add --- polkit.log("action=" + action); polkit.log("subject=" + subject); --- to your rules.
I tried to debug this a while back and in the end resorted to using pmount which is really easy to set up - unlike anything using policykit.
Note that you need a file manager that asks policykit to mount the device. AFAIK mount(8) does not use policykit so any amount of policy settings won't help you.
udiskctl mount ... Regards, Stefan -- Stefan Brüns / Bergstraße 21 / 52062 Aachen home: +49 241 53809034 mobile: +49 151 50412019 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
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