[ale] USB Key FOB not unmountable by user

[ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com (Jim Lynch)]

Chuck Huber wrote:

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>I have an annoying little problem that I can't seem to solve.  I'm
>certain someone on the list will be able to help.
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>I have a USB flash storage FOB formated with an ext3 file system.  When
>I plug it in, something mounts it to /media/disk.  However, I can't
>unmount it without first su-ing to root.
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>I guess the first question is what's mounting it?  It's not in
>/etc/auto.master or /etc/auto.misc.  Nor is it in /etc/fstab.
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>Second, where can I set an option to allow non-root users to unmout it?
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>An excerpt from /var/log/messages follows.
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>Thanks in advance,
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On my kubuntu system if I bring up Konquor and navigate to /media and 
right click on the directory that represents the device (in my case, 
usbdisk) I see a menu item entitled "Remove safely" or words to that 
effect.  I'm on the road and don't have access to the system right now 
so I don't know the exact wording.  I can't say it works for SuSE, but 
it's worth looking.

Jim.