Bug#486496: [udev, cryptsetup, devmapper, hal, kde] unable to mount usb disk (ide)

[Michael Biebl]

Nadav Kavalerchik wrote:
> Package: udev,cryptsetup,devmapper,hal,kde
> Severity: normal
> 
> --- Please enter the report below this line. ---
> i plugin a usb disk (it is actually an ide disk that is inside a usb box. it 
> has network access too) and i get this message after i press "open in 
> konqueror" in the "kde daemon" auto-mount dialog:

Are you using a luks encrypted partition (I'm wondering, as you filed 
the bug against devmapper and cryptsetup).

> 
> A security policy in place prevents this sender from sending this message to 
> this recipient, see message bus configuration file (rejected message had 
> interface "org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume" member "Mount" error 
> name "(unset)" destination "org.freedesktop.Hal")
> 
> i checked these threads to see that i have no security issue:
> http://www.jefferyfernandez.id.au/2007/07/26/a-security-policy-in-place-prevents-mounting-of-volumes/
> 
> and i have added root user (in which i have this issue, btw) to the plugdev 
> and powerdev groups (restarted hal) with no success.
> 
> i can mount the this device manually and i can automount (with kde-daemon) 
> several other usb sticks without any problem.
> 
> i have checked /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf and it seems to allow root to do 
> all it needs to mount usb devices. (i can post it, if you need)
> 

Could you please upgrade hal to 0.5.11-2 and test again.


Michael

-- 
Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the
universe are pointed away from Earth?

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 260 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
Url : http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-lvm-maintainers/attachments/20080616/37ddcd03/attachment.pgp