On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:58:38 -0500, David Relson wrote: > I've also modified /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules to use "pmount > device label" rather than "mount -a". This is mounting flash drives > in /media as desired:
mount -a was always a bad idea, because it could potentially affect drives other than the one the rule was intended for. What would happen if you had unmounted a filesystem to run fsck on it and you plugged in your USB drive? > > root@osage media # ls -l > total 32 > drwx------ 19 root plugdev 16384 Dec 31 1969 PNY > drwx------ 3 root plugdev 16384 Dec 31 1969 SD_2G > > However (as can be seen above) the permissions are 700, which > makes the drives unusable by members of the plugdev group. > > Alternatively, I can use "pmount -u 007 device label" to provide full > access to the plugdev group. This seems awkward and inelegant. > > What's the right way to use pmount and set permissions? pmount is supposed to be run as a user and it mounts the filesystem owned by the user running it. If you only have a single user, you could call pmount with su. If you have multiple users, you should be letting a desktop tool handle the mounting anyway. -- Neil Bothwick We all know what comes after 'X', said Tom, wisely.
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