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On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 05:56:34PM +0000, Stroller wrote |
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> I'm assuming, then, that you're happy opening a terminal and typing |
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> `mkdir /mnt/diskname` and mounting the device every time you plug a |
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> new disk in? Wouldn't it just be nice to plug in your USB devices - |
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> hard-drives and flash drives - and have them magically appear on |
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> the desktop like they do on every other desktop operating system? |
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...and auto-execute an INI file that loads a virus, or Sony rootkit? No |
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thanks. BTW, even with mdev, a bunch of stuff gets spit out to |
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/var/log/messages. The last line was... |
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Mar 14 20:17:42 localhost kernel: [512417.398747] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk |
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This is probably what userspace automounters work with (directly or |
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indirectly). |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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