On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 8:46 PM, MHR <mhullrich at gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Philip Manuel <phil at zomojo.com> wrote: >> I'm trying to understand why a normal user is not allowed to unmount >> their USB stick? I think it is most likely a udev rule. does anyone know ? > If I understand this correctly, it's a mount/umount rule - normal > users cannot run root commands. They are written to disallow normal > users from performing root tasks. > > However, if you are using gnome, you can use the gnome-umount command > (which is the equivalent of right-clicking the icon and selecting > "Unmount"). I suspect there is a similar analogue in KDE. Good explanation Mark. I use GNOME and I have zero problems with this. Lanny