From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 3 20:18:43 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA20262 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 20:18:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.exo.net.au (sky-valley.exo.net.au [203.14.230.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA20253 for ; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 20:18:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bullseye.apana.org.au!andymac@mail.exo.net.au) Received: by mail.exo.net.au id m0zx1Su-0004oxC (Debian Smail-3.2.0.101 1997-Dec-17 #2); Mon, 4 Jan 1999 15:18:04 +1100 (EST) Received: from bullseye.apana.org.au (central.apana.org.au [203.9.107.245]) by bullseye.apana.org.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA13485; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 08:44:38 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 08:44:55 +1100 (EDT) From: Andrew MacIntyre To: "Michael G." cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: User to mount device? Guess not... In-Reply-To: <199901030738.HAA17800@out4.ibm.net> Message-ID: X-X-Sender: andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 3 Jan 1999, Michael G. wrote: > OK...I was afraid of that. What I'm trying to do is set up > an icon on my KDE desktop to do it for me. KDE provides a > great mechanism..but ofcourse you need the "access". You might be able to use amd (the automounter) to achieve the desired effect. Solaris has an automatic CD mount capability, implemented IIRC with their volume manager in conjunction with the automounter, which would be nice to match (although the Solaris example only started working completely reliably at 2.5.1). -- Andrew I MacIntyre "These thoughts are mine alone..." E-mail: andrew.macintyre@aba.gov.au (work) | Snail: PO Box 370 andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au (play) | Belconnen ACT 2616 Fido: Andrew MacIntyre, 3:620/243.18 | Australia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message