On Monday, November 21, 2016 02:39:04 PM Brian wrote: > On Mon 21 Nov 2016 at 18:43:20 +0000, Joe wrote: > > On Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:36:19 +0000 > > > > Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > > Someone deduced "He wants auto-mounting of the inserted media". The > > > evidence isn't there. Putting one's self in the a user's position is > > > one thing; putting words into his mouth is another.
From the original post: <quote> I use fat16 and fat32 formatted USB flash drives for EXACTLY ONE purpose. It is to transfer data to/from a Windows machine. There is NO [nor will there ever be] a network connection between them. When I plug one into my Debian machine I want totally unfettered read/write access. [when logged in as root or ANY user ID] HOW? {any one notice a tone of frustration ;/} </quote> I don't see any mention of mounting, thus I conclude he doesn't expect to mount, i.e., he expects automount. (When does he expect unfettered access? When he plugs one into his machine, not after he mounts it.) (Aside: I should probably avoid posting when I have a significant (or maybe any) headache...--I apparently get grouchy ;-)