Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:01:12 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: "Brian Miller" <bmiller@lablaw.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Auto Mount USB Message-ID: <20080818140112.8451549e.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <7FB5330A2962844C9F95E25CEFA021956F4D91@labex.labnet.lablaw.org> References: <7FB5330A2962844C9F95E25CEFA021956F4D90@labex.labnet.lablaw.org> <20080818122638.c0635d7b.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <7FB5330A2962844C9F95E25CEFA021956F4D91@labex.labnet.lablaw.org>
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In response to "Brian Miller" <bmiller@lablaw.org>: > I started looking at amd and it is just what I need but it doesn't > appear to be available? From what I have read it should be part of > FreeBSD? I see that I can download a tar from www.am-utils.org should I > do that or is there a "Package" available for it? Is there something > similar to "YUM" for FreeBSD? Actually, I found this spiffy port while looking for a good reference to point you to: cd /usr/ports/sysutils/automounter && make install then read man automounter for setup instructions. Keep in mind that the reason this is less than simple is because automatically mounting removable media is a huge security risk. The fact that it's so convenient that most people ignore the security risk does not mitigate the risk in any way. > You are correct that I was not dismounting then removing the drive. So > that makes sense. Next question is how/can I free them up? Tried "umount > /dev/da0s1" but it fails with "Device not configured" umount the mountpoint, not the device. I.e. umount /usr, not /dev/ad0s1g -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
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