Vnpenguin wrote:
On 11/18/07, Globe Trotter <itsme_410@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
I am a fvwm2 user and I was wondering how I should mount a USB flash drive or a
CD or DVD. I do not use gnome or KDE or XFCE unless fedora ties in some
application (such as claws-mail-plugins, which depends on libgnome, strangely?)
and I would like it that way? Is this possible? I just want to find out a way
to do this. Can someone please point me to some documentation, or better still,
tell me what to do?
Do the command: "tail -f /var/log/messages" and plug your USB flash
drive. For me, with USB Kingston key I see:
...
Nov 18 17:01:59 fedora8 kernel: usb 1-2: new high speed USB device
using ehci_hcd and address 5
Nov 18 17:01:59 fedora8 kernel: usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Nov 18 17:01:59 fedora8 kernel: scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
Storage devices
Nov 18 17:02:04 fedora8 kernel: scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access
Kingston DataTraveler R PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
Nov 18 17:02:04 fedora8 kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] 2030592 512-byte
hardware sectors (1040 MB)
Nov 18 17:02:04 fedora8 kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
Nov 18 17:02:04 fedora8 kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive
cache: write through
Nov 18 17:02:04 fedora8 kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] 2030592 512-byte
hardware sectors (1040 MB)
Nov 18 17:02:04 fedora8 kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
Nov 18 17:02:04 fedora8 kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive
cache: write through
Nov 18 17:02:04 fedora8 kernel: sdc: sdc1
Nov 18 17:02:04 fedora8 kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
Nov 18 17:02:04 fedora8 kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
...
Have a look at the line "sdc: sdc1 ". Now in your /etc/fstab just add a line:
/dev/sdc1 /mnt/usb vfat noauto,users,umask=0022 0 0
Of course, you need do "mkdir -p /mnt/usb" if it does not exist.
So from now, you can mount with "mount /mnt/usb", even with normal user :)
One can also configure autofs - see /etc/auto.* to help.
However, I find this unsatisfactory because I sometimes plug in more
than one USB disk at the same time, and they don't all appear at /dev/sdc.
One needs to be root to read /var/log/messages, I've decided I might as
well be root so as to mount USB devices.
It's possible to configure sudo so mere mortals can "sudo mount /dev/sdc
" for all reasonable incantations of "sdc," using their password or not.
Since my computers are mine alone, I generally use sudo to authorise all
commands, with my password.
--
Cheers
John
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