On Sun, 14 Mar 2021 12:16:27 +0100
"Dr. Nikolaus Klepp" <office(a)klepp.biz> wrote:
Yesterday I did a dist-upgrade. Today I'm greeted with an error message
from konqueror when I connect a usb flash drive:
Unable to mount this device.
Technische Details:
org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Error.NotAuthorizedCanObtain: Not authorized to
perform operation
Any idea where this comes from and what I can do to resolve that
problem? Mounting/unmounting worked prior to the update.
Addon:
$ udisksctl mount -b /dev/sdb
==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount ===
Legitimierung ist zum Einhängen von Generic Flash Disk (/dev/sdb)
notwendig Authenticating as: ,,, (nik)
Password:
==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ===
Mounted /dev/sdb at /media/8GB
nik@t61:~$
Why the heck is it asking me for my password ???
You need to modify org.freedesktop.UDisks2.policy (probably
at /usr/share/polkit-1/actions but this could be distro specific)
Search in for org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount, then scroll down to
<defaults>
block and replace whatever auth rule there is with "yes", like this:
<allow_any>yes</allow_any>
<allow_inactive>yes</allow_inactive>
<allow_active>yes</allow_active>
--
Nick Koretsky (nick.koretsky(a)gmail.com)