When an USB Drive is inserted into a LTSP Server, all connected clients receive a mounting error

[Harrison Neal]

As stated, when a LTSP Server has a USB Drive connected into it, all the clients try to mount the drive, and only the server is allowed, which results in the error seen in the attached screenshot. Edubuntu 8.04.1.

[Jordan Erickson (lns)]

I can verify this on Ubuntu 8.04.1 (i386) LTSP (with all updates as of 8/29/08). I actually had the same screenie ready to put into a new bug report since it had happened to my own network.

I'd have to say this is a pretty nasty cosmetic bug since it affects ALL users on an LTSP network.

[Scott Balneaves (sbalneav)]

Are the two of you using LDAP for user authentication, with all users being in a common group:

user1:x:1000:1000:...
user2:x:1001:1000:...

with /etc/group like:

users:x:1000:

[Harrison Neal (hantwister)]

No; when using the user maintenance dialog in GNOME, by default it creates a new group for each user...

In other words, my /etc/passwd looks like this:
...
user1:x:1001:1001
user2:x:1002:1002
...

With /etc/group like this:
...
user1:x:1001
user2:x:1002
...

[Guevara (eguevara2012)]

I have the same problem, USB Stick and CDROM mount in all terminals, i try edit udev rules on the server and chroot, I have not had success. Each User is in your group, removed the plugdev group and still not solved.
I'm seeking help for months and not found a solution to this problem.

[Guevara (eguevara2012)]

I created a topic on the ubuntu forum and do not respond:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1156161

[Guevara (eguevara2012)]

Nobody??
I still receive this error.

[Jordan Erickson (lns)]

I still have the error too - I'm assuming it's fixed in later releases, though I'm not sure exactly where or in which package(s). Maybe we can all coordinate a backport to Hardy...?

[Guevara (eguevara2012)]

I still have the error.

[Oliver Grawert (ogra)]

just set /apps/nautilus/preferences/media_automount in gconf to false as a systemwide and mandatory key

[Guevara (eguevara2012)]

But if I do this on the server I lose the automount.

[Guevara (eguevara2012)]

I still receive the error mounting and the bug persist.

[Scott Balneaves (sbalneav)]

We've now modified ltspfs to show all files/dirs with a umask of 700

should be in for lucid

[Scott Balneaves (sbalneav)]

Fix released, should be in Lucid.