* 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) <snip >... > > > </snip> ................... how to make the cd-rw & cd-rom devices > > > usable without requiring him to start a root shell and mount/umount these > > > devices. > > > > 1) Should I automount cd's? > > > > Depends what you mean by auto-mount > > Good point... I guess what I'd really meant is automount in the Windoze sense > of the word; i.e. if I put a music cd in I can play music, if I put a data cd > in I can read the files. I (regular joe user) don't have to su, or sudo to > mount the device, and if I put a music cd in I don't cause a panic by trying
Audio CDs don't need to be mounted, but you may need to have similar permissions on the device to get them to play. > to mount the device as a file system. In short, I want an automount that can > figure out whether I've got a music cd or a file system, and "do the right > thing". > > > > 2) What is the "best way" to allow ordinary users to mount cd's? As someone mentioned earlier; /usr/ports/security/sudo allowd you to do exactly what you've asked about. > But there are two things that concern me: > 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 wait for any length of time to unmount a CD-ROM, however, you will not be able to unmount it if you are currently in the directory that the drive is mounted on;) > 2) security implications ?!! > > Item 1) is a concern mostly 'cause it's just kind of kludge ("oh yeah, I have > to wait for 60 seconds before I can eject my data cd"). Item 2) is a concern > 'cause college campuses are the most hostile network environments I've ever > seen. Again, I've never heard of this. Anyone else? > I don't mean to sound critical (really)... maybe there's just no good way to > do this in FreeBSD. If that's the case, maybe WinXP is the best route for the > "average user". I think the key here is "average user." -- Joshua Fascinating, a totally parochial attitude. -- Spock, "Metamorphosis", stardate 3219.8 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"