Le dimanche 08 mars 2009 à 18:11 +0100, Aljaž Prusnik a écrit : > On ned, 2009-03-08 at 17:24 +0100, Julien Valroff wrote: > > Windows seems however to behave wrong in terms of removable media, as > > far as I have tested at work. Every user logged in as the control of the > > removable media, which can be problematic, as per my earlier example. > > > > I agree. But since Windows is around for such a long time and even > though this might be wrong it still causes less problems than this > implementation (let's say not a fact but an anecdotal fact ;) ).
Not a reference for me anyway :) > > > Or the media should rather be auto-unmounted and left there un-owned > > > until some other user chooses to mount it (via GUI not the commandline). > > > If you take your variant then you'll have to make a criteria which of > > > the let's say 5 still logged in user should get the ownership and what > > > happens if the original owner returns and wants its media back. :) > > No, it can't be unmounted: the second user, still logged in, could have > > files open on the removable media! > > Maybe the owner could get asked to whom he'd like to pass on the > ownership within the log-out process? Why not. I will open a bug upstream to check what developers think this can be implemented. > Anyways - this fix you mentioned - will it also get into stable? No, it won't go to lenny. I think Joss will apply it to experimental soon as it seems to be a long awaited fix. GNOME 2.24 is still essentially in experimental, but some packages have been uploaded to unstable in the last days. I guess you will find the fix in testing within a few weeks/months. Cheers, Julien -- Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » - http://www.april.org Rejoignez maintenant plus de 4 000 personnes, associations, entreprises et collectivités qui soutiennent notre action -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
