I am trying to configure SL4.1 to allow users to mount hotplug usb-storage 
devices.

SL4.1 has hal (hardware abstraction layer) configured, which calls 
fstab-sync to add appropriate entries to fstab eg:

/dev/sdb1               /media/Windows          ntfs 
pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
/dev/sdb2               /media/Linux_backup     ext3 
pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0


The appropriate folders are created under /media/ (owned by root).

However, only root has permission to mount these partitions.

My thoughts:
i) pam is not configured to allow this. I don't know which pam module is 
responsible for mounting block devices.
ii) the "managed" fstab option is not working properly
iii) shouldn't the /media mount points be owned by the user ?

Has anybody encountered this issue ?

Regards,

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Chris Hunter
Systems Programmer, Astronomy, Yale University