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Lucid Lynx (10.04) mounts external drive for administrator but not for user

Asked by bart1452

In a dual boot configuration with Windows XP, Lucid Lynx (10.04) mounts the external USB hard drive for the administrator but it won't mount it or show it for the user. Shared files are saved on the external hard drive so this doesn't work. I checked user permissions and all the boxes for removable drives and storage are checked. I can't find any other permissions that would interfere with the user's ability to use external hard drives. I don't see anything that would reserve the external hard drive for the administrator. The only clue I found is that the external hard drive properties tab under administrator shows that permissions can't be determined.

I need to make the external hard drive available to all users. How does one correct this?

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Chris (fabricator4) said : 		#1

Under "advanced settings" in users there's a permissions tick box for "access external storage devices automatically". Is this the one you have enabled? This does not enable sharing - but it will allow a user to plug the device in and have it recognised and mounted automatically _for_that_user_.

If you want the administrator to be able to plug in the drive and have it mounted, and have it available to a non admin user you might have to look at the permissions, or even set it up as a share.

Chris.

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