[ale] USB Key FOB not unmountable by user

[James Sumners]

"Oct 19 08:31:44 lightning hald: mounted /dev/sdb1 on behalf of uid 1000"

Looks to me like hald is doing your mounting.

http://linux.die.net/man/1/gnome-mount

On 10/19/07, Chuck Huber <chuck at cehuber.org> wrote:
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> I have an annoying little problem that I can't seem to solve.  I'm
> certain someone on the list will be able to help.
>
> I have a USB flash storage FOB formated with an ext3 file system.  When
> I plug it in, something mounts it to /media/disk.  However, I can't
> unmount it without first su-ing to root.
>
> I guess the first question is what's mounting it?  It's not in
> /etc/auto.master or /etc/auto.misc.  Nor is it in /etc/fstab.
>
> Second, where can I set an option to allow non-root users to unmout it?
>
> An excerpt from /var/log/messages follows.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>     - Chuck
>
>
> Oct 19 08:31:41 lightning kernel: usb 5-5: new high speed USB device
> using ehci_hcd and address 4
> Oct 19 08:31:41 lightning kernel: usb 5-5: new device found,
> idVendor=0718, idProduct=0293
> Oct 19 08:31:41 lightning kernel: usb 5-5: new device strings: Mfr=1,
> Product=2, SerialNumber=3
> Oct 19 08:31:41 lightning kernel: usb 5-5: Product: Clip
> Oct 19 08:31:41 lightning kernel: usb 5-5: Manufacturer: Imation
> Oct 19 08:31:41 lightning kernel: usb 5-5: SerialNumber: 07770B350029
> Oct 19 08:31:41 lightning kernel: usb 5-5: configuration #1 chosen from
> 1 choice
> Oct 19 08:31:42 lightning kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
> Oct 19 08:31:42 lightning kernel: scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> Storage devices
> Oct 19 08:31:42 lightning kernel: usb-storage: device found at 4
> Oct 19 08:31:42 lightning kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to
> settle before scanning
> Oct 19 08:31:42 lightning kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
> Oct 19 08:31:42 lightning kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
> Oct 19 08:31:43 lightning kernel:   Vendor: Imation   Model: Clip
>        Rev: PMAP
> Oct 19 08:31:43 lightning kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
>        ANSI SCSI revision: 00
> Oct 19 08:31:44 lightning kernel: SCSI device sdb: 2013184 512-byte hdwr
> sectors (1031 MB)
> Oct 19 08:31:44 lightning kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
> Oct 19 08:31:44 lightning kernel: sdb: Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
> Oct 19 08:31:44 lightning kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
> Oct 19 08:31:44 lightning kernel: SCSI device sdb: 2013184 512-byte hdwr
> sectors (1031 MB)
> Oct 19 08:31:44 lightning kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
> Oct 19 08:31:44 lightning kernel: sdb: Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
> Oct 19 08:31:44 lightning kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
> Oct 19 08:31:44 lightning kernel:  sdb: sdb1
> Oct 19 08:31:44 lightning kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable
> disk sdb
> Oct 19 08:31:44 lightning kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1
> type 0
> Oct 19 08:31:44 lightning kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete
> Oct 19 08:31:44 lightning kernel: kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5
> seconds
> Oct 19 08:31:44 lightning kernel: EXT3-fs warning: maximal mount count
> reached, running e2fsck is recommended
> Oct 19 08:31:44 lightning kernel: EXT3 FS on sdb1, internal journal
> Oct 19 08:31:44 lightning kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with
> ordered data mode.
> Oct 19 08:31:44 lightning hald: mounted /dev/sdb1 on behalf of uid 1000
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