Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 10:38:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Danielisz Laszlo <laszlo_danielisz@yahoo.com> To: Koen de Wijs <koendewijs@gmx.net>, Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: auto mount xfce4 and kde Message-ID: <937069.42741.qm@web30803.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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In my case mounting a USB stick simply works with mount -t msdos /dev/da0s1= /mnt/usb=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: Koen de Wijs <koendewijs= @gmx.net>=0ATo: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>=0ACc: freebsd-que= stions@freebsd.org=0ASent: Monday, September 3, 2007 7:58:07 PM=0ASubject: = Re: auto mount xfce4 and kde=0A=0AMel schreef:=0A> On Friday 31 August 2007= 09:41:23 Koen de Wijs wrote:=0A>=0A> =0A>> This week I installed FreeBSD= on a computer of mine. Everything works=0A>> fine but one thing I can't ge= t working.=0A>> Every person should be albe to work with the machine. The o= nly thing=0A>> that isn't working is auto-mounting of cd-roms and usb-stick= s. If KDE is=0A>> started and I put a usb-stick in the computer there shoul= d appear a icon=0A>> on the desktop with the usb drive on it and that shoul= d also work for=0A>> cd-roms. On XFCE4 there should also appear an icon;=0A= >> =0A>=0A> Don't know about XFCE4, but read on.=0A>=0A> =0A>> I also= added the regular user to the group operators.=0A>> =0A>=0A> You don't= wanna do that, unless it's ok with you that a user can get read =0A> acces= s to every file on every disk. Operator is meant for backup users.=0A>=0A> = =0A>> What do I need to do to get it working?=0A>> =0A>=0A> portinsta= ll desktop-bsd-tools and read the instructions about devfs, with a =0A> maj= or side-note:=0A> ntfs/fat partitions can only be mounted by root, because = mount changes the =0A> owner of the disk to the underlying directory, so it= 's likely that your users =0A> cannot mount usb-sticks.=0A> To automount us= b storage devices as root, have a look at usbd(8) and =0A> usbd.conf(5). Yo= u'll have to provide an unmounter for your users though and =0A> instruct t= hem to unmount before removing or things go to hell.=0A>=0A> =0A=0A=0A=0A= I've got everyting working right now except for the usb stick. I tried =0Aa= m-utils but I didn't lik that. Is I tried a lot of things and read a =0Alot= and everything almost works except for the usb-sticks. Before I will =0Abe= busy with it for a couple of hours is this the way it should work?=0Ahttp:= //caia.swin.edu.au/reports/041130A/=0AThis website describes how to add usb= -devices but is it normal to add an =0Aextra script with devd or is just so= me wierd workaround?=0A=0AKoen=0A=0A=0A____________________________________= ___________=0Afreebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list=0Ahttp://lists.fre= ebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions=0ATo unsubscribe, send any mail= to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A = =0A_____________________________________________________________________= _______________=0ATake the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in yo= ur pocket: mail, news, photos & more. =0Ahttp://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer= =3D1GNXIC
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