> ------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-28-07 19:11 ------- > Yes, a setuid wrapper could be made for exemple to solve the problem.
> I don't know if supermount can be modified safely to release floppy as soon as > an application try to open /dev/fd0 in writing, but it should be possible too > and it could be the best place to fix the problem. supermount can release device (and block further access to it); you have to do it manually using /proc interface. doing this automatically involves too many cnages in kernel and I won't do it; adding wrapper that does echo /dev/fd0 release disable > /proc/fs/supermount/subfs to GNOME formatter is far more simple. > Note: formating a floppy while mounted is impossible, the device is busy, there > is nothing to do here unless umounting the floppy (in root furthermore when > using supermount). do not use real device name when mounting supermount; use "none". Then nobody can ever check that /dev/fd0 is mounted by supermount. use /proc interface to release it before formatting. tell Juan to include my supermount to make it possible :)
