Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 11:26:12 -0400 From: Eric Pogroski <pogrose@twcny.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Automatic mounting of removable meadia Message-ID: <20031021112612.180e1317.pogrose@twcny.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <3F95324C.4090201@ant.uni-bremen.de> References: <3F95324C.4090201@ant.uni-bremen.de>
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On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:19:08 +0200 Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@ant.uni-bremen.de> wrote: > 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 > -- man (8) amd
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