×××× ××× 29 ××××× 2003, 18:43, ×××× ×× ××× Diego Iastrubni:
> ×××× ×××, 29 ×××××× 2003, 15:42, ×××× ×× ××× Oded Arbel:
> > > > I'm working on tightening the security of my laptop (installed with
> > > > RH9).
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to figure out a way to automatically unmount a partition
> > > > that has been standing idle for some time. 'Idle' means, of course,
> > > > that no reads or writes were made from/to that partition.
> > > >
> > > > Any hints on tools, scripts or APIs are welcomed.
> >
> > Mandrake's supermount might do the work for you. it actually automounts
> > whenever the specified device becomes idle and not after a timeout and
> > remounts it immidietly on access. it is usually used to support removable
> > media but I guess nothing prevents it from being used on static
> > partitions.
>
> but then it gets mounted just by "ls /mnt/mydisk". this is not what he
> wanted.
When he said he wanted to automaticly unmount idling partitions, I was under
the impression that he also wanted them to automaticly remount when required,
because this sounds to me like a useful feature, but I may have been
mistaken.
--
Oded
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