On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 04:56:21 -0400, Philip Webb wrote:

> Why do people want to automount these sticks ?

Because it is easy and convenient, something computers are supposed to be
good for.

> I goto the root console which is always open on one of my desktops
> & enter 'musb', which is a Bash alias for a 'mount' command;

Leaving aside the implications of leaving open a root console, that
mounts the stick as root. That's fine for a FAT filesystem as you can
specify mount options to make it world-readable, but what about an
external drive formatted with ext? What about an external drive with
multiple partitions?


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Neil Bothwick

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