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On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 11:57 +0100, John Williams wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 10:41 +0100, tom wrote: > > > >> > > Now you mention it I've found that before. I think automount mounts it > > for the user with the 'focus' at the time its inserted so if you logout > > etc it can disappear - blooming annoying but popping it in and out > > normally does the trick. > > I think the idea is that if you are logged in at the time of insert you > > are the one that wants to use it and its hidden from anyone else. Once > > you log out/someone else logs in it all goes a bit pear shaped tho - > > 'old single user' thinking? > > Tom te tom te tom > > Thats the behaviour on my mums Ubuntu (8.04? LTS) machine. If a user > mounts a USB device other users do not have access to it until it is > unplugged and then plugged in again. > > -- > John Williams > My linux blog of notes and guides > http://subbass.blogspot.com/ > > Yes, I've seen that too - but in my case, no USB devices were auto-mountable even after all had been removed / replugged /rebooted etc.... at least until I created a new user and mounted them there. Also only a problem on Gnome, USB worked perfectly on Kde, Xfce, & LXDE with the same logon. Most curious, just glad to have found a work-around though. Phil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html