On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 11:09 PM, James Powell <james4...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Eventually, and I kinda realized this, work may be needed to write a > udisks replacement for vdev that can work off vdev without loosing > functionality to udisks using applications and file managers, especially > for non-Linux systems. > > Nothing fancy, but as long as it works and allows for some level of > control for admins, I don't have a problem with it. > > Thoughts? > If all udisks2 needs from the device manager is libudev (or libgudev), then we should be good to go as-is. Libgudev should work unmodified with libudev-compat. However, replacing udisks[2] with a suite of simple setuid or setgid programs that implement the equivalent functionality might be a better long-term solution. It would be much easier to hook into a GUI, for example, and if done right, it would remove the need for polkit and dbus integration. -Jude ------------------------------ > From: Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> > Sent: 7/28/2015 7:45 PM > To: dng@lists.dyne.org > Subject: Re: [DNG] automount, mount, and USB sticks > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 01:08:26PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 03:17:11PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > Of course I have to guess whether the device has > > > been plugged in as /dev/sdb, or /dev/sde, or whatever. In case of > > > (frequent) doubt, I switch to a root console with control-alt-F1 and a > > > login, unplug the device, and plug it in again. It will the tell me > > > after a while, that a new device has been inserted, and tell me what > > > /dev/sd* name it has dynamically installed. I end up, as root, > > > mounting the device with root as the owner. It's usually a USB stick > > > with one of the ubiquitous Microsoft file systems used on USB sticks, > > > and all the files can be read or writen by root only. > > > > There is a much easier way. Instead of switching consoles and > > guessing, just plug the device in, and look at the last screen full of > > the output from dmesg. > > Yes, that would have been easier. > > > Also, if you're mounting on your own laptop, it > > will usually have one hd, /dev/sda. When you plug in a usb device, it > > will probably have /dev/sdb. If you unplug it, and plug in the same > > device, or plug in another stick, it will probably have /dev/sdb > > still. > > For whatever reason, there was a time when it kept picking new letters > if I umounted the stick, took it ouot, and put another in. Maybe there > was a bug somewhere then? But I could not rely on it always being > /dev/sdb. > > > So, you could just put a line in /etc/fstab which will allow a > > normal user to mount /dev/sdb1 for example to whatever directory you > > want. All you would have to do as a normal user is to type: > > mount /dev/sdb1 > > after plugging in the drive, and you should be able to find its' > > contents under whatever directory you specified in fstab. > > Truth is, I no longer trust it to be consistent. > > -- hendrik > > > > > Greg > > > > > > -- > > web site: http://www.gregn.net > > gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc > > skype: gregn1 > > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your > contacts. > > > > -- > > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-mana...@eu.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Dng mailing list > > Dng@lists.dyne.org > > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > >
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