I’m running into a weird permissions issue that I can’t figure out. Whenever I log in I get a dialog saying that authorization is needed to mount /dev/fd0 (floppy disks), and I can’t mount a USB flash drive without needing to type in the root password. As far as I can tell, it’s a configuration issue with policy kit (though the default setting says it should work…) or udisk, but I haven’t been able to figure out what’s actually going on.
This is on a system running openSUSE 12.2 with GNOME 3.6, somewhat recently upgraded from 12.1 (read: not a fresh install).
IIRC I saw a request in a clean 12.2 Gnome install (unpatched) for a password to mount a USB
I ignored it
Patched the system and it works normally now.
I have same problem on all machines where I upgraded from 12.1 to 12.2 with ‘zypper dup’. I’ve tried to play with some polkit settings, but it doesn’t seem to have any effect.
and, i can’t find it now but there was a note somewhere about
something like this in the mail list, which if i recall correct
used/tried this workaround:
reboot and go into the bios and disable the floppy drive
On 2012-10-02 09:56, mjakl wrote:
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> I have same problem on all machines where I upgraded from 12.1 to 12.2
> with ‘zypper dup’. I’ve tried to play with some polkit settings, but it
> doesn’t seem to have any effect.
Review all rpmorig rpmnew files.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)
These are only rpmbew files I have
/etc/postfix/master.cf.rpmnew
/etc/postfix/main.cf.rpmnew
/etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2.rpmnew
/etc/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.conf.rpmnew
/etc/pulse/client.conf.rpmnew
/etc/sudoers.rpmnew
/etc/pam.d/login.rpmnew
/etc/dhclient.conf.rpmnew
/etc/samba/smb.conf.rpmnew
/etc/inittab.rpmnew
/etc/ssh/sshd_config.rpmnew
Only thing that can be connected to this issue is login, but it has only these differences:
sudo diff /etc/pam.d/login.rpmnew /etc/pam.d/login
7c7
< session required pam_loginuid.so
I have to go to work, so I don’t have time to test some things (disable floppy in the bios, check rpmnew, etc.), but I’ll give them a shot and report back here tonight with the results.
Well, I found a workaround, but it still doesn’t explain why it didn’t work in the first place.
Basically my solution was to create the folder /run/media/<username> (/run existed, but not /run/media or /run/media/<username>) and then use chown to make my user the owner of that folder. After that I can plug in my flash drive and it will mount as expected.
On 2012-10-04 03:16, kog13 wrote:
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> Here are my rpmnew files, not sure if they’ll be useful:
>
> /etc/pam.d/login.rpmnew
> /etc/postfix/main.cf.rpmnew
> /etc/obs/services/tar_scm.rpmnew
> /etc/xinetd.d/vnc.rpmnew
> /etc/xinetd.d/swat.rpmnew
> /etc/samba/smb.conf.rpmnew
The only one that might be related is the pam.d files. Make a backup of both files, then
activate the rpmnew version, and reboot. If that doesn’t work, you can restore the old one.
Its the only suggestion I can think of.
As to the rest, I usually compare both versions with “meld”, apply the changes I want, and
remove the rpmnew or rpmorig file. I also make a backup of both files.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)
On 2012-10-04 04:46, kog13 wrote:
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> Well, I found a workaround, but it still doesn’t explain why it didn’t
> work in the first place.
>
> Basically my solution was to create the folder /run/media/<username>
> (/run existed, but not /run/media or /run/media/<username>) and then use
> chown to make my user the owner of that folder. After that I can plug in
> my flash drive and it will mount as expected.
Oh! That’s a surprise. You will have to script that, because /media is destroyed on reboot.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)
but there was a note somewhere about