Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 12:30:16 +0100 From: Christian Tischler <mail@myunix.net> To: Kevin Smith <smithcam@adelphia.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mounting firewire/USB storate devices Message-ID: <41DA7E48.6090300@myunix.net> In-Reply-To: <41DA2B73.9080809@adelphia.net> References: <41DA2B73.9080809@adelphia.net>
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Kevin Smith wrote: > I'm a little new at this, but can some suggest what is the best way to > mount firewire and usb storage devices ? I am using both my ipod and > compact flash devices with freeBSD but I find that I do not have a > simple setup that allows me to mount them easily without manually > looking at the /dev directory to figure out which device number > belongs to which device. (or using camcontrol devlist) and then > editing the /dev/fstab file each time. I first used a /etc/fstab > setup that looks like: > > /dev/da0s1 /sandisk msdosfs rw,noauto 0 0 > /dev/da1s2 /ipod msdos rw,noauto 0 0 > > That does work, however, the scsi device numbers change, depending on > what is plugged in and what order you plugged them in and you end up > having to fish around with camcontrol to figure out what number is > assigned to what...Questions. > > (1) Is there an easier way to manage these devices. For example, if > there is a way to auto mount them when they are plugged in that would > be nice. Gnome 2.8 is supposed to support this, but I have not found > any clear way on how to set it up. Take a look at devfs. > > (2) More general but related question...Currently with the setup I > have above, if I want to use the command "mount /ipod", I have to be > superuser. What permissions do I need to set so that a normal user can > do the mount ? -or- what group would the user have to be in. By > default users on my system are in operator and wheel groups. > I would suggest sudo as an easy way to do the job. Probably there is a better solution. christian
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