On Monday 04 May 2009 13:36:03 you wrote:

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I don't know if this has anything to do with your problem, but I've had difficulty auto-mounting NTFS partitions as read/write. The reason seems to be that auto-mount autodetects NTFS partitions as using the ntfs driver, but in order to get full functionality, you need to use the ntfs-3g driver. Mounting as root, explicitly using the ntfs-3g driver, works.

HTH, Dave Moore

Yes, I think that is exactly what the problem is. I didn't want 'rw', all I wanted was read-only. So I just created a directory as a mount point and did 'mount -t ntfs /dev/sdb2 /mountpoint'. It worked just fine. I'll play around to find a way to get this (politely put 'dad-gum') hal/dbus/PolicyKit to do what a simple 'mount -t ntfs' had done for years.... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com