Re: automounting cd-rom & cd-rw devices

2004-03-29 Thread Randy Pratt
On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:51:16 -0800 Joshua Lokken wrote: > > Jay Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-29 08:24]: [snip] > > 1) once the file system cd is mounted, a fixed amount of "no activity" time > > must pass before it is umount'd > > I'm not sure what you mean by this. I've never had to wai

Re: automounting cd-rom & cd-rw devices

2004-03-29 Thread Joshua Lokken
* Jay Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-29 08:24]: > On Sunday 28 March 2004 12:44 am, Malcolm Kay wrote: > > On Sunday 28 March 2004 11:43, Jay Moore wrote: > > > I have a FreeBSD 4.9 system; I am also running KDE... > > > > > > I'm building this system for my son (college student) ... > > > ..

Re: automounting cd-rom & cd-rw devices

2004-03-28 Thread Rob
Matthew Seaman wrote: On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 05:04:43PM +0900, Rob wrote: What is this sysctl-black-magic about and where is more information? You're right that finding which sysctl is required to achieve whatever purpose can be tricky. Finding what sysctls exist is as easy as typing 'sysctl -a

Re: automounting cd-rom & cd-rw devices

2004-03-28 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 02:58:01PM -0600, Jay Moore wrote: > On Sunday 28 March 2004 12:44 am, Malcolm Kay wrote: > > On Sunday 28 March 2004 11:43, Jay Moore wrote: > > > I have a FreeBSD 4.9 system; I am also running KDE... > > > > > > I'm building this system for my son (college student) ... >

Re: automounting cd-rom & cd-rw devices

2004-03-28 Thread Jay Moore
On Sunday 28 March 2004 12:44 am, Malcolm Kay wrote: > On Sunday 28 March 2004 11:43, Jay Moore wrote: > > I have a FreeBSD 4.9 system; I am also running KDE... > > > > I'm building this system for my son (college student) ... > > ... how to make the cd-rw & cd-rom devices > > us

Fwd: Re: automounting cd-rom & cd-rw devices

2004-03-28 Thread Malcolm Kay
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: automounting cd-rom & cd-rw devices Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 19:20:36 +0930 From: Malcolm Kay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Sunday 28 March 2004 17:34, Rob wrote: > Malcolm Kay wrote: > > On S

Re: automounting cd-rom & cd-rw devices

2004-03-28 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 05:04:43PM +0900, Rob wrote: > Remotely, I was following this discussion; I'm suprised by this solution > and I wonder how I ever would be able to find out myself about this > misterious > sysctl-magic. > > I did 'apropos usermount', 'man sysctl' and 'man sysctl.conf', an

Re: automounting cd-rom & cd-rw devices

2004-03-28 Thread Rob
Malcolm Kay wrote: On Sunday 28 March 2004 11:43, Jay Moore wrote: 2) What is the "best way" to allow ordinary users to mount cd's? The best way is inevitably a matter of opinion. But it can be done without installing any additional ports. First: # sysctl vfs.usermount=1 allows users to mount a

Re: automounting cd-rom & cd-rw devices

2004-03-27 Thread Malcolm Kay
On Sunday 28 March 2004 11:43, Jay Moore wrote: > I have a FreeBSD 4.9 system; I am also running KDE... > > I'm building this system for my son (college student) who has been (until > now) a Windoze user :( I'm trying to set this sytem up so that he'll be > able to use it with a minimum of calls

Re: automounting cd-rom & cd-rw devices

2004-03-27 Thread Andy Miller
On Sat, Mar 27, 2004 at 08:13:39PM -0600, Jay Moore wrote: > I have a FreeBSD 4.9 system; I am also running KDE... > > I'm building this system for my son (college student) who has been (until now) > a Windoze user :( I'm trying to set this sytem up so that he'll be able to > use it with a min

automounting cd-rom & cd-rw devices

2004-03-27 Thread Jay Moore
I have a FreeBSD 4.9 system; I am also running KDE... I'm building this system for my son (college student) who has been (until now) a Windoze user :( I'm trying to set this sytem up so that he'll be able to use it with a minimum of calls to tech support (me). One of the issues I am strugglin