Bug 141159

Description of problem:

(This happens on i686 and x86_64)

Under X Windows, a USB external hard drive is automounted.
The user can not create a directory on the file structure; the error 
message is "Permission denied".

Seeing how that device is automounted in /etc/fstab when X Windows is 
running, we can create an entry for a USB Memory Key and test that 
also.

We get the same problem.  The write permission to create a directory 
generates "Permission denied."

If however we mount the devices to user created directories and do 
not let the devices be automounted, we do not have write permission 
problems. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
Tested on PE2800 with RHEL 4 Beta 2 x86_64 and PE700 with RHEL 4 Beta 
2 x86

Be in run level 5 with X Windows running.

1)
Use a USB external hard drive with a partition and ext2 or ext3 file 
system on it.
Connect the USB external hard drive.
Check that it automounts.
Go to the autmounted directory (/media/usbdisk)

mkdir boo

You will get a permission denied message.

If you unmount it and make a mount point then mount it manually, 
creating a directory on the device does not generate a write 
permission denied message, it just works.

2)
Use a USB Memory Key which has an ext2 or ext3 file system on it.
You can insert a USB Memory key, but it does not automount.
You can manually mount it and then make a directory on the device 
without any 'Permission denied" messages.

Next, unmount it and remove it.

Then create an entry for it in /etc/fstab, the next time you insert 
it, it automounts it at /media/usbdisk1.  You will then get a 
permission denied message when trying to do     mkdir boo


  
Actual results:

No write permission for drive.

Expected results:

Disk should be writable.


Additional info:

I'll try to get my hands on the fstab that was used here.