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2016 Nov 15
2
dumb question on permissions out of the box
Can someone explain to me the logic that I, as a user, cannot, by default,
mount a DVD from the command line, but I can mount it via dolphin?
mark
2016 Nov 15
0
Re: dumb question on permissions out of the box
...> mount a DVD from the command line, but I can mount it via dolphin?
Dolphin (and consorts) call "udisks" via messagebus / udev protocoll, and
thus get the permission / rights to do it without direct "root rights"
You can do that manually fron the commandline via the "udisksctl" tool.
See "man udisksctl" for details.
- Yamaban.
PS: No, the question was not dumb, that udev stuff fools me up from
time to time to.
2016 Nov 15
1
dumb question on permissions out of the box
...the command line, but I can mount it via
dolphin?
>
> Dolphin (and consorts) call "udisks" via messagebus / udev protocoll, and
> thus get the permission / rights to do it without direct "root rights"
>
> You can do that manually fron the commandline via the "udisksctl" tool.
> See "man udisksctl" for details.
>
> PS: No, the question was not dumb, that udev stuff fools me up from
> time to time to.
Right. And I've only been doing systems administration for, um, 21 years,
so I'm not surprised I never heard of udiskctl, and only...