udev permission problem - dvd-ram mounts only read/writeable for root

[Lee Revell]

On Sat, 2006-02-11 at 02:25 +0100, Michael Vert wrote:
> Ok... a few hours later, and a few how-to's smarter ... :-)
> 
> The culprit isn't udev. Udev is doing everything as it is supposed to...
> 
> The problem is the gnome-volume-manager.... and in its wake: pmount
> 
> I was wondering, why can I access my USB stick without problems, but not
> the USB DVD writer.
> 
> The answer is simple:
> The DVD writer was plugged during boot, while I plugged in my USB stick
> while I was logged in and running the desktop.
> 
> In the first case, root is running the mounts, thus creating a link in
> /media which only root can access; while in the second case, the volume
> manger was running with my user ID, the link get my ID, and I can access
> it as normal user.
> 
> Is there a way to fine tune the automount process?

This sounds like a bug, not something that should require tuning.  I
would file a bug report.

Lee