Hotplugd works well with http://www.bsdua.org/tray-app.html#eject On OpenBSD.
On 09-May-2017 5:32 PM, "Christopher Pinon" <cjpi...@secondfloor.xyz> wrote: > Jay Patel <jaypatel....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Maybe we can port something like hotplugd from OpenBSD > > http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-6.1/hotplugd.8 > > Or, for that matter, autofs from FreeBSD: > > https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=autofs&sektion= > 5&manpath=freebsd-release-ports > > But I wonder how smoothly hotplugd on OpenBSD works in practice. It > seems that you still have to write "attach" scripts: > > http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20131113030229 > > See also: > > http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=7613 > > http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=8242 (concerns Xfce/Thunar) > > And didn't OpenBSD 6 remove the ability for an ordinary user to mount > anything?! (I recall reading something to this effect.) > > But if it works relatively smoothly, then OpenBSD is a step ahead of > NetBSD in this respect. > > On NetBSD, I think that amd is only feasible alternative at present > (even if amd wasn't intended for removable media per se), but it would > require a little effort. Here's another old thread: > > http://netbsd-users.netbsd.narkive.com/h4DlOnRx/new-to- > netbsd-usb-mass-storage-hotplug > > C. >
