sudo tail -f /var/log/messages
Mar 31 21:52:46 jamaur kernel: scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Mar 31 21:52:51 jamaur kernel: scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ST350063 0A               3.AA PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
Mar 31 21:52:51 jamaur kernel: SCSI device sdc: 976773167 512-byte hdwr sectors (500108 MB)
Mar 31 21:52:51 jamaur kernel: sdc: Write Protect is off
Mar 31 21:52:51 jamaur kernel: SCSI device sdc: 976773167 512-byte hdwr sectors (500108 MB)
Mar 31 21:52:51 jamaur kernel: sdc: Write Protect is off
Mar 31 21:52:51 jamaur kernel:  sdc: sdc1
Mar 31 21:52:51 jamaur kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdc
Mar 31 21:52:51 jamaur kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Mar 31 21:53:10 jamaur sudo:   jamaur : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/etc ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/tail -f /var/log/messages