I'm not sure if the following issue would be considered a bug, or simply non-intuitive behavior of LL. Either way, if users in a multi-user setup are not aware of this, they may think they cannot mount their USB drives.
Here is the issue, which is consistently replicable for me under LL 3.8 and 4.0. I'll describe it from a colloquial first-person perspective, which is easier for me that saying "user 1" and "user 2".
1. The LL is set up to have me as main (admin) user, and two additional non-admin users for my family members.
2. The machine is booted up and my family member logs in under his account. I am not logged in at this point.
3. Then he says I can use it, so we switch users via the GUI "switch user" in the menu. He is not formally logged out at this point - he may want to come back to it soon. I'm just logging into my account, so I see my background, my icons, etc etc.
4. I insert my USB drive to get some files from it. Although the USB drive can be seen on my desktop, it is grayed out and it doesn't auto-mount. If I try to open it, I can't. A dialog box comes up saying something about "Failed to mount" and that some operation is already pending. Whatever I do, I can't seem to auto-mount the USB drive, until.....
5. I switch users via the GUI back to his account (I'm not formally logged out at this point). i.e. I simply have him go back into his account so that we can see his background, icons, etc etc. It turns out that the USB drive is seeking authentication to auto-mount there, instead of in my area. But I can only see this process when we switch back to his account, not mine. In other words, if you want to auto-mount a USB drive but you're not the first person to log in since the computer was started up, you won't auto-mount it that session.
SO TO SUM UP: I don't know if this is a bug or the expected behavior of Linux, but it seems odd that it won't let a currently-logged-in user (especially a logged-in admin user) auto-mount a USB drive if another user has logged in before them.
Is there an easy work-around for this issue? If not, it's OK, but users should be aware of it if they're on a multi-user system and wish to have a USB drive auto-mount.
Here is the issue, which is consistently replicable for me under LL 3.8 and 4.0. I'll describe it from a colloquial first-person perspective, which is easier for me that saying "user 1" and "user 2".
1. The LL is set up to have me as main (admin) user, and two additional non-admin users for my family members.
2. The machine is booted up and my family member logs in under his account. I am not logged in at this point.
3. Then he says I can use it, so we switch users via the GUI "switch user" in the menu. He is not formally logged out at this point - he may want to come back to it soon. I'm just logging into my account, so I see my background, my icons, etc etc.
4. I insert my USB drive to get some files from it. Although the USB drive can be seen on my desktop, it is grayed out and it doesn't auto-mount. If I try to open it, I can't. A dialog box comes up saying something about "Failed to mount" and that some operation is already pending. Whatever I do, I can't seem to auto-mount the USB drive, until.....
5. I switch users via the GUI back to his account (I'm not formally logged out at this point). i.e. I simply have him go back into his account so that we can see his background, icons, etc etc. It turns out that the USB drive is seeking authentication to auto-mount there, instead of in my area. But I can only see this process when we switch back to his account, not mine. In other words, if you want to auto-mount a USB drive but you're not the first person to log in since the computer was started up, you won't auto-mount it that session.
SO TO SUM UP: I don't know if this is a bug or the expected behavior of Linux, but it seems odd that it won't let a currently-logged-in user (especially a logged-in admin user) auto-mount a USB drive if another user has logged in before them.
Is there an easy work-around for this issue? If not, it's OK, but users should be aware of it if they're on a multi-user system and wish to have a USB drive auto-mount.
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