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I researched this, and solved the problem. The correct solution was |
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posted at |
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http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/12.0-and-hal-read-this-566862/ |
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Basically, I had to do 2 things: |
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1. Add myself to the group plugdev in /etc/group |
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2. Reload the Dbus config with /etc/init.d/dbus reload |
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It would be a Good Thing if new local accounts could be added to group |
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plugdev when they're created. |
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On Fri, 2007-10-19 at 16:05 -0500, Lindsay Haisley wrote: |
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> I'm have a 500G WD "My Book" USB hard drive which I would like to use |
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> for a backup drive. Other USB drives - flash drives - automount on |
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> directories in /media with names such as /media/TRAVELDRIVE, etc. I'm |
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> not sure where or how these mountpoints are established and what |
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> mechanism is used to automount. |
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> When I plug in the WD USB hard drive, I get an error dialog: |
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> Cannot mount volume: |
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> |
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> Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied |
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> |
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> Details |
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> A security policy in place prevents this sender from sending |
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> this message to this recipient, see message bus configuration |
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> file (rejected message had interface |
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> "org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume" member "Mount" error name |
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> "(unset)" destination "org.freedesktop.Hal") |
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> What's the meaning of this and how do I get the system to automount the |
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> drive on a proper mountpoint in /media/ ?? |
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> This appears to be related to policies in /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf |
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> which contain a number of rules, including: |
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> <!-- Allow anyone to invoke methods on the Manager and Device interfaces --> |
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> <policy context="default"> |
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> <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Manager"/> |
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> <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device"/> |
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> <allow receive_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Manager" |
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> receive_sender="org.freedesktop.Hal"/> |
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> <allow receive_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device" |
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> receive_sender="org.freedesktop.Hal"/> |
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> |
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> <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement"/> |
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> <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.LaptopPanel"/> |
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> <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume"/> |
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> <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.Crypto"/> |
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> <allow receive_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement" |
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> receive_sender="org.freedesktop.Hal"/> |
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> <allow receive_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.LaptopPanel" |
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> receive_sender="org.freedesktop.Hal"/> |
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> <allow receive_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume" |
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> receive_sender="org.freedesktop.Hal"/> |
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> <allow receive_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.Crypto" |
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> receive_sender="org.freedesktop.Hal"/> |
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> </policy> |
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> |
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> <!-- Default policy for the exported interfaces --> |
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> <policy context="default"> |
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> <deny send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement"/> |
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> <deny send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.VideoAdapterPM"/> |
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> <deny send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.LaptopPanel"/> |
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> <deny send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume"/> |
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> <deny send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.Crypto"/> |
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> </policy> |
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> -- |
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> Lindsay Haisley | "In an open world, | PGP public key |
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> FMP Computer Services | who needs Windows | available at |
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> 512-259-1190 | or Gates" | http://pubkeys.fmp.com |
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> http://www.fmp.com | | |
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