A solution I think for the Pogoplug team would be to mount the disk as root, not as user.

Nmatheis, how about trying this in a Terminal:

sudo open /Applications/Pogoplug.app

That *should* start the Pogoplug mounter app as root - should. I didn't try this at all, but you can.

Hey nmatheis,

I've added this as a feature request. In the meantime, I think quitting the Pogoplug application prior to your wife logging in should work - it's kludgey, but it should work - have you tried that?

Agreed - it's kludgey, and it's unfortunate that sudo didn't just work.

I see that you've also added it as a feature request in that part of our forums - I think that's a good thing too - it will allow other folks to riff on the idea; I love to hear what actual users are doing out there, and it's great to see this nascent community talking.