[3385] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Automount maps for floppy / CDROM?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Piete Brooks)
Fri Nov 8 11:16:22 1996
To: hdevore@crow.bmc.com
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In-reply-to: Your message of Fri, 08 Nov 1996 09:21:08 -0600.
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Date: Fri, 08 Nov 1996 16:02:07 +0000
From: Piete Brooks <Piete.Brooks@cl.cam.ac.uk>
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>> Can anybody show how to configure amd to mount/umount removable media
>> drives
yes.
>> and to set a short umount time for them?
No :-(
> It sounds kind of dangerous for floppies.
Set the "sync" option.
> Until the floppy is unmounted you don't know if everything has been flushed.
"sync" *should* do that -- but yes -- it is a problem :-(
Our users hav aliases to call amq with the magic arguments to unmount it ....
> How would you know this for sure.
I use "df"
> It seems much easier and safer to allow user mounting.
Keep the number of setuid programs to a minimum !
> What exactly are you trying to accomplish by automounting this sort of device?
Making access as "simple" as possible for simple users.
Avoiding setuid mount.
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