Take the 2-minute tour ×  Since three months I am waiting and
searching for a solution to mount a USB stick again.  I am using
Ubuntu 11.10 32bit and 64bit Dell machines and I could not
really find a useful answer what exactly I need to do being able
to mount a USB Stick.  Unable to mount [VolumeName] Not
authorized  Can you please point me in the right direction what
I need to do/change/adjust being able to mount a USB device
again?  share|improve this question This happened to me when I
added a nopasswd user. When I removed that user the problem went
away. –  hbdgaf Apr 8 '12 at 21:31 Can you mount it as root
(sudo mount /dev/disk/by-label/whatever /media/wherever)? – 
ohno Apr 8 '12 at 22:18 add comment  2 Answers  I think this
could be the answer here:   It says: "If your usb device doesn't
appear on your desktop, you should check that your user has the
correct privileges. Go to System->Administration->User and
Groups, choose the user, click on "Properties", then go to the
"User Privileges" tab. You shoul