I'm trying to understand why a normal user is not allowed to unmount their USB stick? I think it is most likely a udev rule. does anyone know ? Thanks Phil.
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Philip Manuel <phil at zomojo.com> wrote:> I'm trying to understand why a normal user is not allowed to unmount > their USB stick? I think it is most likely a udev rule. does anyone know ?Are we talking about USB Memory here? If so, I have not seen this issue. I've never used USB Memory while logged in as root. I'm using CentOS 5 (32 bit).
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Philip Manuel <phil at zomojo.com> wrote:> I'm trying to understand why a normal user is not allowed to unmount > their USB stick? I think it is most likely a udev rule. does anyone know ? > > Thanks >If I understand this correctly, it's a mount/umount rule - normal users cannot run root commands. They are written to disallow normal users from performing root tasks. However, if you are using gnome, you can use the gnome-umount command (which is the equivalent of right-clicking the icon and selecting "Unmount"). I suspect there is a similar analogue in KDE. mhr
on 12-22-2008 4:19 PM Philip Manuel spake the following:> I'm trying to understand why a normal user is not allowed to unmount > their USB stick? I think it is most likely a udev rule. does anyone know ? > > Thanks > > Phil.Is it something simple like a shell or something opened into that directory? -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 250 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20081227/be134372/attachment-0003.sig>
Scott Silva wrote:> on 12-22-2008 4:19 PM Philip Manuel spake the following: > >> I'm trying to understand why a normal user is not allowed to unmount >> their USB stick? I think it is most likely a udev rule. does anyone know ? >> >> Thanks >> >> Phil. >> > Is it something simple like a shell or something opened into that directory? > > >No if the user uses the umount command they get permission denied, not device is busy.