On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 17:27 +1000, Perry, David wrote: > I'm trying to automatically mount a usbkey on Redhat 9 when it is plugged in and > then unmount it after it stops being accessed. I wish it to be available to all > users not just root. This recipe came from > www.systemsaligned.com/learn/howto/hwtusbkey In theory the usbkey is suppossed to > mount as soon as it is accessed and unmount one second afer the access ceases.
Ubuntu does this out-of-the-box. I believe it's done using the hot-plug features of the 2.6.8 kernel, HAL (hardware abstraction layer) and udev. At least that's my sketchy understanding, I'm grateful it just works. I don't believe that any other distro has all the tools to do this as nicely, yet. -- The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power. -- William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar"
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