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From: Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] external USB harddrive
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:10:34
Message-Id: 7573e9640701050905p73d922cdhb99e37ec9d3c86cc@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] external USB harddrive by James Lockie
1 On 1/4/07, James Lockie <bjlockie@××××××.ca> wrote:
2 > Neil Bothwick wrote:
3 > > On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:28:06 -0500, James Lockie wrote:
4 > >
5 > >
6 > >> It mounts when I connect it but a user can't unmount it.
7 > >> My USB memory stick and USB card reader work fine.
8 > >> It is only the hard drive that I can't unmount as a user.
9 > >>
10 > >
11 > > You may need to add it to /etc/pmount.allow, as described in man pmount.
12 > >
13 > I don't think pmount is installed/needed.
14
15 Maybe not "needed", but highly "recommended", at least by me. I
16 suggest merging it.
17
18 > >
19 > >
20 > # emerge -p pmount
21 >
22 > These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
23 >
24 > Calculating dependencies... done!
25 > [ebuild N ] sys-apps/pmount-0.9.13 USE="crypt hal"
26
27 Ok, so how are you mounting the drive under KDE? ivman?
28
29 -Richard
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