On Saturday 10 February 2018 23:34:12 David Wright wrote: > On Sat 10 Feb 2018 at 22:06:05 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 10 February 2018 18:04:30 Brian wrote: > > > On Sat 10 Feb 2018 at 16:09:00 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > On Saturday 10 February 2018 15:27:09 David Wright wrote: > > > > > On Sat 10 Feb 2018 at 15:08:58 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > > > On Saturday 10 February 2018 11:57:38 David Wright wrote: > > > > > > > On Sat 10 Feb 2018 at 09:10:40 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > > > > > And despite my emasculation of udev, disabling sdd, > > > > > > > > according to the syslog, usbmount is still auto mounting > > > > > > > > these cards, all 3 of them. > > > > > > > > > > You wrote: ↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑ > > > > > > > > > > > > > So if I plan on working with these images on this > > > > > > > > machine with gparted, I imagine I had better find > > > > > > > > usbmount and remove its execute bits. But first make my > > > > > > > > baby some breakfast. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Oh my, what did you expect? > > > > > > > > > > > > For something as potentially obnoxious as that, an easily > > > > > > thrown switch to enable/disable it. It is NOT in > > > > > > /etc/init.d. > > > > > > > > > > What isn't in /etc/init.d? What do you expect to be in > > > > > /etc/init.d? > > > > > > > > usbmount. I expected to find a starter script with a > > > > recognizable name. > > > > > > Your expectations on where usbmount puts its files are completely > > > and utterly unfounded. > > > > > > > > Why? > > > > > > > > Why not? At least that would give this hacker a target to throw > > > > a hatchet at. > > > > > > David Wright meant - why did you expect usbmount (which you have > > > determined is not on your machine) to put a file in /etc/init.d? > > > > > > > > > > Package: usbmount > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Description-en: automatically mount and unmount USB mass > > > > > > > storage devices > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This package automatically mounts USB mass storage > > > > > > > devices (typically USB pens) when they are plugged in, and > > > > > > > unmounts them when they are removed. The mountpoints > > > > > > > (/media/usb[0-7] by default), filesystem types to > > > > > > > consider, and mount options are configurable. When > > > > > > > multiple devices are plugged in, the first available > > > > > > > mountpoint is automatically selected. If the device > > > > > > > provides a model name, a symbolic link > > > > > > > /var/run/usbmount/MODELNAME pointing to the mountpoint is > > > > > > > automatically created. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > David. > > > > > > > > > > > > No such critter on this wheezy box. > > > > > > > > > > So how do you explain the above? This is getting silly. > > > > > > > > Silly? Not in the least. At least I don't often equate silly > > > > with frustrating. Something is starting this "usbmount" thingy, > > > > and its not me. > > > > > > This is the "usbmount" thingy critter which is absent from your > > > box? > > > > > > > sudo grep -R usbmount /etc/* > > > > has been peeking under the covers in etc for around 5 minutes > > > > now, no hits. > > > > > > Not surprising if it doesn't exist. > > > > I didn't think it did, until htop caught it running yesterday. > > > > > > So in this admittedly corner case, the thing needs an on/off > > > > switch so gparted CAN do its thing without fighting with what > > > > somebody no doubt thought was one of their better brainstorms. > > > > Its turned what should be a simple operation on working 64GiB > > > > disk, whose last data is just past 4GiB, and I want to then make > > > > another image file that only includes the used area of the disk, > > > > into a major PAIN IN THE ASS. This is how raspbian and ayufan > > > > prepare the images they release, so why the hell can't I do it > > > > too? > > > > > > > > Grep finally found it, and it does have a switch, so for now its > > > > turned off on this machine. Hopefully that will also stop the > > > > cell phone icons from showing up when I plug it in for charging. > > > > > > Where did it find it? > > > > /etc/usbmount/usbmount.conf. And it has exactly the switch I was > > looking for. So ATM its turned off. But damn! I just now plugged in > > the cell phone and the icon popped up in about a second. But I guess > > thats because I didn't block it for sdf. > > Odd, that, because the README for usbmount says: > > USBmount is intended as a lightweight solution which is independent > of a desktop environment. Users which would like an icon to appear > when an USB device is plugged in should use other alternatives. > I don't believe usbmount did this one, 60-persistent-storage.rule I think did this one as I only kill sdd, and the phone, if the card reader (sdd) is plugged in would have made the phone be sdf.
Just so we're on the same page, David. :) > Cheers, > David. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
