----- Original Message ----- > Robert, > > I'm not replying to all your emails as I suspect the problem is the > same for all 3. > > Generally in Linux a remote user by default won't get access to local > devices. I'm not sure in the case of VNC but in the vast majority of > cases remote desktops will have emulated devices that access the users > local device for that functionality. > > In all cases can you access the devices when logged in locally on the > machine? It worked for me when testing the Xfce image on the Banana Pi. > > If they work when logged in locally it's due to PolicyKit and the > xfce-polkit package and it's a security feature, not a bug. > > Peter > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 12:04 AM Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > Cubieboard2 > > > > On my Xfce desktop (well VNCed into it) as me. I inserted a usb > > device. It shows up as an icon in tghe workspace. I go to mount it and > > get "Not authorized to perform operation". > > > > Nothing interesting on the console: > > > > [ 2525.137522] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using > > ehci-platform > > [ 2525.283687] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0951, > > idProduct=1603, bcdDevice= 2.00 > > [ 2525.292069] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, > > SerialNumber=3 > > [ 2525.299380] usb 1-1: Product: DataTraveler 2.00000025168 > > [ 2525.304990] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Kingston > > [ 2525.309342] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 0000025168 > > [ 2525.645759] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected > > [ 2525.658504] scsi host1: usb-storage 1-1:1.0 > > [ 2525.663628] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage > > [ 2525.737957] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas > > [ 2526.731250] scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 > > 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 > > [ 2526.752509] sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 > > [ 2526.752591] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 1952256 512-byte logical blocks: (1000 > > MB/953 MiB) > > [ 2526.776457] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off > > [ 2526.797671] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found > > [ 2526.803174] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through > > [ 2526.835704] sdb: > > [ 2526.844064] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk > > > > what do I have to do so a user can mount a USB device? > > > > thanks > > _______________________________________________ > > arm mailing list -- arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an email to arm-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > List Archives: > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ > arm mailing list -- arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to arm-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ arm mailing list -- arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to arm-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx