Re: Mounting digital camera, /etc/fstab joke ?

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On Sun, 2004-01-11 at 22:06, Alexandre Strube wrote:
> Em Dom, 2004-01-11 às 21:36, Tammy Fox escreveu:
> 
> > > Perfect! Is there a way we can contribute by adding entries to this? I
> > > think this would GREATLY improve usability for non-geek users.
> > > Hum... a database for this like alsa does with soundboard...
> 
> > This is the way I mounted on CompactFlash card in a USB reader:
> > I created a symlink from /dev/sda1 to /dev/flash.
> > I created the directory /mnt/flash.
> > I added the following to /etc/fstab:
> > /dev/flash              /mnt/flash              auto    defaults,owner        0 0
> 
> This way is simple - I got my one working in a similar way.
> 
> 
> > Then I modified /etc/security/console.perms (the line that has a minus
> > in front of it was changed to the line with a plus in front of it):
> > - <flash>=/mnt/flash*
> > + <flash>=/mnt/flash* /dev/flash*
> > - <console>  0600 <flash>      0600 root
> > + <console>  0600 <flash>      0600 root.disk
> > Modifying the second file gives the first person who logs into the
> > console ownership of the device. You have to log out and log back in
> > for it to take effect.
> 
> "user" at fstab does this also, right?

Yes, right. Sorry about that. You do need user on fstab so a user can
mount it.

> 
> > Then, if you are using GNOME, plug in your USB device with the card,
> > right-click on the desktop, and select Disks -> flash. This will mount
> > the device. I'm sure KDE probably has something similar. Or, you can
> > (...)
> 
> > I was able to configure devlabel to automount it, but the only problem
> > was that it ignored /etc/security/console.perms so it was mounted by
> > root, not by me. Thus, it was useless because I couldn't delete files
> > from it. I'm filing a bug on it.
> 
> Which would be ideal. Imagine a windoze user plugging its camera on
> first time he/she uses fedora, and it appears automatically on his/her
> desktop? Would be more practical than xp, where sometimes you have to
> crawl through "my computer"...
> 
> -- 
> []s
> 
> Alexandre Ganso 
> 500 FOUR vermelha - Diretor Steel Goose Moto Group
> 




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