Stefan Sperling wrote:
Why do GNOME/KDE rely on /etc/fstab on FreeBSD?
GNOME/KDE could be patched to create mount points
somewhere in the user's home directory, and issue a 'mount device mount_point'
instead of 'mount mount_point' if the user clicks the device icon.
Limiting GNOME/KDE to just those mounts listed in /etc/fstab provides a
mechanism of access control. If GNOME/KDE allowed user mounts of any
device, then it would become possible for users to mount umounted system
volumes. Using fstab also makes it possible for GNOME/KDE to mount items
with mount options (sync, mode limits, quotas, etc.) and just rely on the
system to get it right, rather than having system-specific, parallel mount code.
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