Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:51:16 -0800 From: Joshua Lokken <joshua@twobirds.us> To: Jay Moore <jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: automounting cd-rom & cd-rw devices Message-ID: <20040329165116.GA1876@cs025_2k> In-Reply-To: <200403281458.02053.jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com> References: <200403272013.40447.jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com> <200403281614.53868.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> <200403281458.02053.jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com>
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* Jay Moore <jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com> [2004-03-29 08:24]:
> On Sunday 28 March 2004 12:44 am, Malcolm Kay wrote:
> > On Sunday 28 March 2004 11:43, Jay Moore wrote:
> > > I have a FreeBSD 4.9 system; I am also running KDE...
> > >
> > > I'm building this system for my son (college student) <snip >...
> > > </snip> ................... how to make the cd-rw & cd-rom devices
> > > usable without requiring him to start a root shell and mount/umount these
> > > devices.
>
> > > 1) Should I automount cd's?
> >
> > Depends what you mean by auto-mount
>
> Good point... I guess what I'd really meant is automount in the Windoze sense
> of the word; i.e. if I put a music cd in I can play music, if I put a data cd
> in I can read the files. I (regular joe user) don't have to su, or sudo to
> mount the device, and if I put a music cd in I don't cause a panic by trying
Audio CDs don't need to be mounted, but you may need to have similar
permissions on the device to get them to play.
> to mount the device as a file system. In short, I want an automount that can
> figure out whether I've got a music cd or a file system, and "do the right
> thing".
>
> > > 2) What is the "best way" to allow ordinary users to mount cd's?
As someone mentioned earlier; /usr/ports/security/sudo allowd you to
do exactly what you've asked about.
> But there are two things that concern me:
> 1) once the file system cd is mounted, a fixed amount of "no activity" time
> must pass before it is umount'd
I'm not sure what you mean by this. I've never had to wait for any
length of time to unmount a CD-ROM, however, you will not be able to
unmount it if you are currently in the directory that the drive is
mounted on;)
> 2) security implications ?!!
>
> Item 1) is a concern mostly 'cause it's just kind of kludge ("oh yeah, I have
> to wait for 60 seconds before I can eject my data cd"). Item 2) is a concern
> 'cause college campuses are the most hostile network environments I've ever
> seen.
Again, I've never heard of this. Anyone else?
> I don't mean to sound critical (really)... maybe there's just no good way to
> do this in FreeBSD. If that's the case, maybe WinXP is the best route for the
> "average user".
I think the key here is "average user."
--
Joshua
Fascinating, a totally parochial attitude.
-- Spock, "Metamorphosis", stardate 3219.8
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