On 07/07/14 22:44, Tim wrote:
Allegedly, on or about 06 July 2014, lee sent:
Why would anyone but root be allowed to mount something?
Because *I* put a CD, DVD, USB drive, into *my* computer, logged in as *myself*...
If I have to be root, or gain root privileges, to do such a basic requirement, these days, then security is being busted by either knowing the root password, or being allowed to use my own password for such a hazardous thing.
If folks would reference the other thread entitled "Camera mounting" they may discover the partial answer. With maybe a tiny bit of investigation. The OP was booting their system to multi-user.target, a.k.a. run level 3.
So.....
Boot to multi-user.target login startxfce4 insert USB drive icon appears on desktop click on icon, system requests authentication
logout/login startx (default for me is KDE) insert USB drive USB drive is auto-mounted under /run/media/$user/something
Boot to graphical.target login selecting xfce4 as desktop insert USB drive icon appears on desktop click on icon, USB drive is auto-mounted under /run/media/$user/something
I leave it up to xfce users to determine the difference between the 2 starting methods. :-)