Devices for removable media chowned 500?

["Leonard den Ottolander" <leonardjo hetnet nl>]

		Hi all,

 Can anybody tell me why the devices used for removable media are chowned 500 
(the first user in a default RH system)? As far as I can see, any user can 
mount them with no problem when they are owned by root, assuming the 
option "user" is set in fstab.
 Thanks for the clarification,

				CU O,

				Leonard.