This will likely fix the problem for you. Put this in /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf and restart hal, /etc/rc.d/hal restart. <config version="0.1"> <match user="yourusername"> <match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.*"> <return result="yes" /> </match> <match action="hal-storage-mount-fixed-extra-options"> <return result="yes" /> </match> <match action="hal-storage-mount-removable-extra-options"> <return result="yes" /> </match> </match> </config> A search through the forums will find similar posts. On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Leonid Grinberg <lgrinberg@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Hello, > > I just upgraded to networkmanager 0.7, which comes with a hal upgrade. > Following this new upgrade, I am unable to mount devices from Dolphin > as I used to be able to -- it now gives me a "PermissionDeniedByPolicy > mount-removable-extra-options no" error. I followed the instructions > on [1] but it did not help. Can someone help me? > > -- > Thanks, > Leonid > > [1] > http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HAL#Permission_Denied_with_automounter >