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Date:      Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:19:08 +0200
From:      Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@ant.uni-bremen.de>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Automatic mounting of removable meadia
Message-ID:  <3F95324C.4090201@ant.uni-bremen.de>

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Hi list,

Is it possible to automatically mount media when they are inserted?
 From the GNOME 2.4 documentation (Nautilus, 1.8.1:To mount Media):

"
If your system is not configured to mount the device automatically, you 
must mount the device manually. Right-click on the desktop, then choose 
Disks->device-name. For example, to mount a floppy diskette, choose 
Disks->Floppy. An object that represents the media is added to the desktop.
"

So, how can i configure FreeBSD to mount the device automatically?

Unfortunately, the GNOME way to manually mount media via an entry in 
/etc/fstab does not work under FreeBSD since the mountpoint must be 
owned by the user, which is difficult to configure for a multiuser system.

Any solution?

Heinrich
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Heinrich Rebehn

University of Bremen
Physics / Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Department of Telecommunications -

Phone : +49/421/218-4664
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