[solved] mounting usb stick read/write problems

[doctordruidphd]

OK, I give up. I'm sure it's a simple thing.
How do I set things up so that when I plug a usb stick into a slot, I don't have to go through a song and dance to read and write to it? No matter what i do, I get "permission denied" unless I sudo into the device. Would be nice if all I had to do is plug it in, click on it in device notifier, and then read and write to it through dolphin as my normal user.

[flarson]

Re: mounting usb stick read/write problems

That is what my system does, and I don't recall having to set it up.

[doctordruidphd]

Re: mounting usb stick read/write problems

Well, mine doesn't. Whenever I plug a usb stick in, it says it is owned by root, and while I can read it, I cannot write to it as a user. Can't figure out why.

[flarson]

Re: mounting usb stick read/write problems

I have done something that will probably change it and it is convenient for me. I added these to /etc/fstab
/dev/disk/by-uuid/18D2-14D3 /home/flarson/gizmo1 vfat user,defaults
/dev/disk/by-uuid/27E3-463F /home/flarson/gizmo2 vfat user,defaults
/dev/disk/by-id/usb-USB_2.0_Flash_Disk_2443035390b45b-0:0 /home/flarson/16G vfat user,defaults

That lets me mount my flash drives where I want them. Then I created a couple files which I placed in /usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/
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cat mounthere.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin,inode/directory
Actions=mountHere;
X-KDE-AuthorizeAction=shell_access

[Desktop Action mountHere]
Name=Mount
Icon=/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/64x64/devices/usbpendrive_mount.png
Exec=mount %f
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=desktop_kdebase
************************************************** **
cat unmounthere.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin,inode/directory
Actions=unmountHere;
X-KDE-AuthorizeAction=shell_access

[Desktop Action unmountHere]
Name=Unmount
Icon=/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/64x64/devices/usbpendrive_unmount.png
Exec=umount %f
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=desktop_kdebase
**************************************************

[doctordruidphd]

Re: mounting usb stick read/write problems

One thing I notice is that you have them formatted to VFAT. Now that I think about it, stuff that is vfat formatted works properly, ext3 does not. Maybe that's the solution.

Yep, just tried it, if the device is formatted to fat32, it works properly, and that's probably a good thing to do anyway.

[vinnywright]

Re: [solved] mounting usb stick read/write problems

ya try sticking that ext3 formated usb in a windows box and see if you can get in .....

VINNY

[flarson]

Re: [solved] mounting usb stick read/write problems

If it is loaded correctly I will reboot and really "get in".