Bug 238246 - Hal mounts new volumes (removable media) as root
Summary: Hal mounts new volumes (removable media) as root
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 234716
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: hal
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: David Zeuthen
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-04-28 08:44 UTC by Oded Arbel
Modified: 2013-03-06 03:50 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-04-28 18:30:05 UTC
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Description Oded Arbel 2007-04-28 08:44:41 UTC
Description of problem:
When a normal user is logged in, and the user plugs in a USB storage device, HAL
automatically mounts the new device under the /media directory. 
In Fedora Core 6 the new volume had the ownership of the logged in user, which
allowed the user to modify the contents of the device.
Starting with Fedora Core 7 (not sure which test - I've seen it in test 2 and
now in test3 and in rawhide of 1 week ago), HAL mounts the new media using
'root' ownership, which effectively makes the new device read-only.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
0.5.9-5.fc7

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Log in as a non-priviliged user
2. Plug in a USB mass storage device
3. Try to put some file into the device
  
Actual results:
Failed - no permissions

Expected results:
Success

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Comment 1 David Zeuthen 2007-04-28 18:30:05 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 234716 ***


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