Re: how can i access usb memory stick as a non-root

[Jeff Franks <jcfranks tpg com au>]

harshavardhanreddy mandeepala wrote:

> hi
> i am using linux fedora core 3.
> i want to access usb memorystick as a non-root user.
> i can mount and umount as a root,but when i want to do it as a "guest"(non-root)
> it is giving as a  "only root can do it"
> i have changed the ownership of  /dev directory  to "guest" but still
> it is giving same error.
> even i added these fallowing lines to my /etc/fstab
>
> /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbstick vfat noauto,user,umask=000 0 0 
>
> still it is giving same message as a  only root can do it.
> so
> If u know the solution plz mail me to                hvreddy1110 gmail com
> thanks in advance.
>
>  
I had the same problem and FC3 wasn't at fault. It was the linux kernal 
that came with FC3. There was a USB bug in kernal vesions prior to 
2.6.11. If you have root access and update your linux kernal the problem 
will automagically go away. I downloaded the following four files, the 
2.6.11 kernal and its three dependancies from 
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/i386/ 
and USB ports worked ok.

kernel-2.6.11-1.27_FC3.i686.rpm
policycoreutils-1.18.1-2.12.i386.rpm
selinux-policy-targeted-1.17.30-2.96.noarch.rpm
udev-039-10.FC3.7.i386.rpm

Jeff.