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Thursday, July 18, 2024

Gentoo xfce4 udisks2 can't mount usb without root

As explained in https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/519979:

Just created `/etc/polkit-1/rules.d/50-udisks.rules` with


polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {

  var YES = polkit.Result.YES;

  var permission = {

    // only required for udisks1:

    "org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount": YES,

    "org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal": YES,

    "org.freedesktop.udisks.luks-unlock": YES,

    "org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-eject": YES,

    "org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-detach": YES,

    // only required for udisks2:

    "org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount": YES,

    "org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount-system": YES,

    "org.freedesktop.udisks2.encrypted-unlock": YES,

    "org.freedesktop.udisks2.eject-media": YES,

    "org.freedesktop.udisks2.power-off-drive": YES,

    // required for udisks2 if using udiskie from another seat (e.g. systemd):

    "org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount-other-seat": YES,

    "org.freedesktop.udisks2.encrypted-unlock-other-seat": YES,

    "org.freedesktop.udisks2.eject-media-other-seat": YES,

    "org.freedesktop.udisks2.power-off-drive-other-seat": YES

  };

  if (subject.isInGroup("users")) {

    return permission[action.id];

  }

});