Perhaps you need to tweak the device permissions (make it group read/write allowed instead of finding the correct group for the user.<div><br></div><div>Look at the "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; "><b><big>Grant use of a device to system users<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-weight: normal; font-size: small; ">" section on this page</span></big></b></span></div>
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<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Greg Simkins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gregsimkins@me.com" target="_blank">gregsimkins@me.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I was not able to find a plugdev group on the Dell Mini with ubuntu 8.10 LTS. There were a couple dozen groups, none of which I recognized as providing the access I desire. I created a group called plugdev, but couldn't find a way to assign the access to new devices to this new group. I found discussion at <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/11/msg00201.html" target="_blank">http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/11/msg00201.html</a>, but it is command line oriented. I don't want to ask an 8 year old to do anything from the command line.<br>
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I found that I could eject the SD drive, change to the maria user and reinsert the SD drive. This way it belongs to maria instead of greg and I could then move the one file of interest into her own folder. Both greg and maria belong to the admin group. I would think that would be sufficient. I hesitate to put us both in the root group. I think that is a security risk and not the proper way to accomplish what I want to do.<br>
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I will keep researching.<br>
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On Apr 5, 2010, at 8:01 AM, Grant Olson wrote:<br>
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> On 4/4/2010 6:54 PM, Vance Kochenderfer wrote:<br>
>> Greg Simkins <<a href="mailto:gregsimkins@me.com" target="_blank">gregsimkins@me.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> I have found that she is not able to access files and devices (2GB<br>
>>> SD card or USB flash drive) or files in my admin user space.<br>
>><br>
>> I'm not very familiar with how Ubuntu sets things up, but I would<br>
>> guess that there is some group her account isn't associated with<br>
>> that permits access to devices. You can see what groups your<br>
>> account and her account are in with the commands<br>
>> id yourlogin<br>
>> id herlogin<br>
>> and can add her to any missing groups with<br>
>> sudo usermod -a -G groupname herlogin<br>
>><br>
>> Vance Kochenderfer | "Get me out of these ropes and into a<br>
>> <a href="mailto:vkochend@nyx.net" target="_blank">vkochend@nyx.net</a> | good belt of Scotch" -Nick Danger<br>
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> I think the group is 'plugdev'.<br>
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