[sles-beta] SLES 11 SP3 Beta4 with KDE

[Fabian Herschel]

Hi,

I guess this is a security setting.

Check
yast security
-> predefined security configuration
-> select networked workstation

(info from the opensuse.org forum - I did not double check it, maybe it
also works for you)

Regards
Fabian

On 04/10/2013 01:43 PM, Klaus Gmeinwieser wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just did an Update of a Beta3 system and a fresh install of a Beta4
> with KDE. All of the stuff works fine :) but I got aware of an
> annoying issue which I want to discuss. For every storage media
> (CD,DVD,USB stick) I need to provide the root password for accessing
> any device. Is this behavior works as defined this way? Is this
> intended for security reasons?
>
> For me, I can not and also do not want to give every user the root
> password in order to read/write data from/to a removal media. How do I
> reconfigure the system to give regular users the ability to mount and
> read/write local removal storage media? Are there any side effects to
> be taken care of after the reconfiguration?
>
> Thanks a lot in advance
> Best Regards
> Klaus


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