how can i access usb memory stick as a non-root

[Duncan Lithgow]

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harshavardhanreddy mandeepala wrote:

>hi
>i am using linux fedora core 3.
>i want to access usb memorystick as a non-root user.
>i can mount and umount as a root,but when i want to do it as a
"guest"(non-root)
>it is giving as a "only root can do it"
> i have changed the ownership of /dev directory to "guest" but still
>it is giving same error.
>even i added these fallowing lines to my /etc/fstab
>
>/dev/sda1 /mnt/usbstick vfat noauto,user,umask=000 0 0
>
>still it is giving same message as a only root can do it.
>so
>If u know the solution plz mail me to hvreddy1110 at gmail.com
>thanks in advance.
>Regards
>hvreddy
>
are you using gnome? try booting into kde if you can and see if that
helps, sometimes it does.

Duncan
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