Re: Drives can't be mounted as a normal user

2009-04-05 Thread Ishwor
Hello Bibek ju, Bibek Paudel wrote: > Hi all, > I use Debian Lenny (GNOME) on my i386 machine. > While logging in as root, the other disk partitions are shown in the > desktop as well as "Places" menu. They can then be browsed without > problem. > However, when I login as a normal user, they aren'

Re: Drives can't be mounted as a normal user

2009-04-04 Thread Thorny
[...] > I know how to use and edit the /etc/fstab file to mount the drives after > each boot. OK, I will assume you are correct with this statement. > However, that's not what I'm looking at. Perhaps it should be where you are looking. > I'm looking to be able to use my other partitions just li

Re: Drives can't be mounted as a normal user

2009-04-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat,04.Apr.09, 01:50:16, Bibek Paudel wrote: > Why do some people are so excited about sending replies to mailing > list queries? It makes no sense if the reply is irrelevant. Then please explain what you mean by "like a root user", because I didn't get it. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't e

Re: Drives can't be mounted as a normal user

2009-04-03 Thread Bibek Paudel
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Please don't take my advice the wrong way, no offence intended. It's > just that some users do login into X as root routinely, which is a Bad > Thing. No offense taken. > Sorry, that would have worked for removable drives. For other partiti

Re: Drives can't be mounted as a normal user

2009-04-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat,04.Apr.09, 00:21:31, Bibek Paudel wrote: > On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Andrei Popescu > wrote: > > You shouldn't login as root. Use 'su' or 'sudo' or 'gksu' instead. > > This is not a question of I should or shouldn't. Of course, since I'm > asking a solution for non-root user, you sh

Re: Drives can't be mounted as a normal user

2009-04-03 Thread Bibek Paudel
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > You shouldn't login as root. Use 'su' or 'sudo' or 'gksu' instead. This is not a question of I should or shouldn't. Of course, since I'm asking a solution for non-root user, you should be understanding that I know how to use su, sudo or gks

Re: Drives can't be mounted as a normal user

2009-04-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri,03.Apr.09, 23:44:07, Bibek Paudel wrote: > Hi all, > I use Debian Lenny (GNOME) on my i386 machine. > While logging in as root, the other disk partitions are shown in the > desktop as well as "Places" menu. They can then be browsed without > problem. You shouldn't login as root. Use 'su' or

Drives can't be mounted as a normal user

2009-04-03 Thread Bibek Paudel
Hi all, I use Debian Lenny (GNOME) on my i386 machine. While logging in as root, the other disk partitions are shown in the desktop as well as "Places" menu. They can then be browsed without problem. However, when I login as a normal user, they aren't listed. And when I try to mount them from Nauti