You only need raw access to the device if you intend to perform disk- level activities on it, such as repartitioning or formatting.
Mounting is handled through privileged helpers when you plug in the device, and permissions are handled by the filesystem when mounted. ** Changed in: udev (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- Regression from LTS 6.06 to 8.04: iPod group permissions in /dev/ https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/311758 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs