mounting and/or permissions problem
 

When I try to mount some things (not all - e.g. I can mount one DVDRW
drive, but not the second in the same machine and with the same user
and I cannot mount the SD card from the camera; Let alone the
camera!) I get the following error message:

Rejected send message, 3 matched rules; type=�method_call�,
sender =�:1.7� (uid=1000 pid=2877 comm=�kded [kdeinit] –new-startup “)
interface=�org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume� member=�Mount� error
name=�(unset)� requested_reply=0 destination=�org.freedesktop.Hal�
(uid=0 pid=2671 comm=�/usr/sbin/hald “))

I have googled the error message, but got no hits:

Your search - Rejected ...... �/usr/sbin/hald “)) - did not match any
documents.

Suggestions:
Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
Try different keywords.
Try more general keywords.
Try fewer keywords.

If, however, I manually mount e.g. the SD card from the camera, the
images are then available as an ordinary user.

????
I am stumped. :-(

I would have tried adding the users to the relevant group if I knew
which the relevant group was! Herewith my /etc/group file:
root:x:0:
daemon:x:1:
bin:x:2:
sys:x:3:
adm:x:4:
tty:x:5:
disk:x:6:
lp:x:7:
mail:x:8:
news:x:9:
uucp:x:10:
man:x:12:
proxy:x:13:
kmem:x:15:
dialout:x:20:
fax:x:21:
voice:x:22:
cdrom:x:24:john
floppy:x:25:john
tape:x:26:
sudo:x:27:
audio:x:29:
dip:x:30:
www-data:x:33:
backup:x:34:
operator:x:37:
list:x:38:
irc:x:39:
src:x:40:
gnats:x:41:
shadow:x:42:
utmp:x:43:
video:x:44:
sasl:x:45:
plugdev:x:46:
staff:x:50:
games:x:60:
users:x:100:
nogroup:x:65534:
libuuid:x:101:
crontab:x:102:
scanner:x:103:saned,john
ssl-cert:x:104:
mlocate:x:105:
ssh:x:106:
messagebus:x:107:
avahi:x:108:
netdev:x:109:
lpadmin:x:110:
dirmngr:x:111:
haldaemon:x:112:
powerdev:x:113:
ntp:x:114:
saned:x:115:
clamav:x:116:
sarah:x:1001:
john:x:1000:

All suggestions will be very gratefully received.

Lisi


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On Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:35:49 +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote:

(...)

> I have googled the error message, but got no hits:
>
> Your search - Rejected ...... �/usr/sbin/hald “)) - did not match any
> documents.

You googled for the wrong text excerpt ;-)

http://www.google.com/search?q=interface%3D%E2%80%9Dorg.freedesktop.Hal. Device.Volume%E2%80%9D+member%3D%E2%80%9DMount%E2% 80%9D+error&hl=en&tbo=1&complete=0&site=&output=se arch&source=lnt&tbs=qdr:y&sa=X&ei=FLFvTaTFB8iy8QOj u5WvCA&ved=0CAgQpwUoBQ

> If, however, I manually mount e.g. the SD card from the camera, the
> images are then available as an ordinary user.

That means the problem may be on the DE (KDE).

> ????
> I am stumped. :-(

Hum... are you still using KDE 3.5?

> I would have tried adding the users to the relevant group if I knew
> which the relevant group was!

(...)

Not sure if this will help, but on lenny (and GNOME) my user is member
of:

sm01@stt008:~$ groups
sm01 dialout cdrom floppy audio video plugdev netdev powerdev

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On Thursday 03 March 2011 15:28:44 Camaleón wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:35:49 +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > I would have tried adding the users to the relevant group if I knew
> > which the relevant group was!
>
> (...)
>
> Not sure if this will help, but on lenny (and GNOME) my user is member
> of:
>
> sm01@stt008:~$ groups
> sm01 dialout cdrom floppy audio video plugdev netdev powerdev

Thanks, Camaleón. I didn't pick up your message until I got home. I.e., I
must have shut down Iceweasel seconds before you sent your reply.

I had been wondering about video. I myself have several of the ones oyu
mention, and that I had not added, on my own box.

I shall be visiting the computer concerned again in a couple of weeks' time.
I'll add user to some more groups then.

Lisi


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On 03/03/11 20:59, Lisi wrote:

<snip>
I shall be visiting the computer concerned again in a couple of weeks' time.
I'll add user to some more groups then.

Lisi




Doesn't this simply raise an issue though of how many groups a user
account needs to be manually added to. Is this an issue between
balancing convenience and security or is this something that is
counter-intuitive from the userland experience?



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Hi Lisi,
have a look at ls -l /dev/cdrom
to mount /dev/cdrom you need r-x permissions or maybe even rwx, but w
is going to be pretty useless...
Also, /etc/udev/rules.d/ contains rules which device the permissions
of for instance your cdrom,cdrw,sdcard ed....
But google a udev manual, itÅ› too extensive to explain, udevadm is
your friend for testing rules.
oooh to add yourself to a group: usermod -a -G group123
as root ofcourse..

Regards,
Geert


On Mar 3, 3:40Â*pm, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote:
> When I try to mount some things (not all - e.g. I can mount one DVDRW
> drive, but not the second in the same machine and with the same user
> and I cannot mount the SD card from the camera; Â*Let alone the
> camera!) I get the following error message:
>
> Rejected send message, 3 matched rules; type=�method_call�,
> sender =�:1.7� (uid=1000 pid=2877 comm=�kded [kdeinit] –new-startup “)
> interface=�org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume� member=�Mount� error
> name=�(unset)� requested_reply=0 destination=�org.freedesktop.Hal�
> (uid=0 pid=2671 comm=�/usr/sbin/hald “))
>
> I have googled the error message, but got no hits:
>
> Your search - Rejected Â*...... â€�/usr/sbin/hald “)) - did not match any
> documents.
>
> Suggestions:
> Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
> Try different keywords.
> Try more general keywords.
> Try fewer keywords.
>
> If, however, I manually mount e.g. the SD card from the camera, the
> images are then available as an ordinary user.
>
> ????
> I am stumped. :-(
>
> I would have tried adding the users to the relevant group if I knew
> which the relevant group was! Â*Herewith my /etc/group file:
> root:x:0:
> daemon:x:1:
> bin:x:2:
> sys:x:3:
> adm:x:4:
> tty:x:5:
> disk:x:6:
> lp:x:7:
> mail:x:8:
> news:x:9:
> uucp:x:10:
> man:x:12:
> proxy:x:13:
> kmem:x:15:
> dialout:x:20:
> fax:x:21:
> voice:x:22:
> cdrom:x:24:john
> floppy:x:25:john
> tape:x:26:
> sudo:x:27:
> audio:x:29:
> dip:x:30:
> www-data:x:33:
> backup:x:34:
> operator:x:37:
> list:x:38:
> irc:x:39:
> src:x:40:
> gnats:x:41:
> shadow:x:42:
> utmp:x:43:
> video:x:44:
> sasl:x:45:
> plugdev:x:46:
> staff:x:50:
> games:x:60:
> users:x:100:
> nogroup:x:65534:
> libuuid:x:101:
> crontab:x:102:
> scanner:x:103:saned,john
> ssl-cert:x:104:
> mlocate:x:105:
> ssh:x:106:
> messagebus:x:107:
> avahi:x:108:
> netdev:x:109:
> lpadmin:x:110:
> dirmngr:x:111:
> haldaemon:x:112:
> powerdev:x:113:
> ntp:x:114:
> saned:x:115:
> clamav:x:116:
> sarah:x:1001:
> john:x:1000:
>
> All suggestions will be very gratefully received.
>
> Lisi
>
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On Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:29:46 +0000, AG wrote:

> On 03/03/11 20:59, Lisi wrote:
>> <snip>
>> I shall be visiting the computer concerned again in a couple of weeks'
>> time. I'll add user to some more groups then.
>>
>>
>>
> Doesn't this simply raise an issue though of how many groups a user
> account needs to be manually added to. Is this an issue between
> balancing convenience and security or is this something that is
> counter-intuitive from the userland experience?

I think the groups to which the user belongs change from one release to
another and they don't always have to match. For instance, in Lenny,
video devices (such as a webcam, or even the "nvidia" device) are owned
by the "video" GID, but this does not have to be the same on newer
releases.

That said, I don't see any specific problem for adding your user to
another group when it is required, but as a rule of thumb, unless that
change is needed, better do not touch it.

Greetings,

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On Jo, 03 mar 11, 21:29:46, AG wrote:
>
> Doesn't this simply raise an issue though of how many groups a user
> account needs to be manually added to. Is this an issue between
> balancing convenience and security or is this something that is
> counter-intuitive from the userland experience?

AFAIK some of the permissions in squeeze are handled via consolekit
instead of the groups mechanism.

Regards,
Andrei
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