devkit-disks seems to detect it as non-internal just fine: Showing information for /org/freedesktop/DeviceKit/Disks/devices/sdb1 system internal: 0
Can you please expand the "details" section of that authentication dialog and either copy&paste the text from there or make a screenshot? Does it really ask for the org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.filesystem- mount-system-internal privilege? ** Changed in: devicekit-disks (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- eSATA external drive requires password to mount https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477782 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