[wplug] Sharing Devices and Files between users - Ubuntu 8.10

[Grant Olson]

On 4/4/2010 6:54 PM, Vance Kochenderfer wrote:
> Greg Simkins <gregsimkins at me.com> wrote:
>> I have found that she is not able to access files and devices (2GB
>> SD card or USB flash drive) or files in my admin user space.
> 
> I'm not very familiar with how Ubuntu sets things up, but I would
> guess that there is some group her account isn't associated with
> that permits access to devices.  You can see what groups your
> account and her account are in with the commands
>   id yourlogin
>   id herlogin
> and can add her to any missing groups with
>   sudo usermod -a -G groupname herlogin
> 
> Vance Kochenderfer        |  "Get me out of these ropes and into a
> vkochend at nyx.net          |   good belt of Scotch"    -Nick Danger

I think the group is 'plugdev'.

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