On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 1:50 AM, Charles Sullivan <cwsulliv@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > How can I mount a USB external drive (SimpleTech 320 GB) as a normal > user? > > If as a normal user I run 'mount /[mount_point]', there's no error message > but the device is not mounted. As root the same command mounts the > device and I am thereafter able to read and write to it as a normal user. > Thats because by default only root can use the mount command. So the question is which group can you add yourself too that has that permission? or is it simply a matter of the command not being in the users path? I am running F8 not FC6 so others can maybe provide better responses but i don't believe that the solution is more complex than that. Max -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list