From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 7 11:29:40 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E876C106564A for ; Wed, 7 May 2008 11:29:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Matthias.Apitz@oclc.org) Received: from mail.pica.nl (mail.pica.nl [192.87.44.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7739B8FC1E for ; Wed, 7 May 2008 11:29:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Matthias.Apitz@oclc.org) Received: from rebelion.Sisis.de ([193.31.10.34]) by mail.pica.nl with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 7 May 2008 13:20:39 +0200 Received: (from guru@localhost) by rebelion.Sisis.de (8.14.2/8.13.8/Submit) id m47BHYTY008287; Wed, 7 May 2008 13:17:34 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from matthias.apitz@oclc.org) X-Authentication-Warning: rebelion.Sisis.de: guru set sender to matthias.apitz@oclc.org using -f Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 13:17:34 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: Odhiambo Washington Message-ID: <20080507111734.GA8250@rebelion.Sisis.de> References: <991123400805070332s41781589s681bf612d008257c@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <991123400805070332s41781589s681bf612d008257c@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE (i386) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 May 2008 11:20:39.0029 (UTC) FILETIME=[60E24A50:01C8B034] Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Automounting External USB Drive on FreeBSD 7.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 11:29:41 -0000 El día Wednesday, May 07, 2008 a las 01:32:10PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington escribió: > Hello list, > > I have a requirement to automatically mount a USB disk to, say, ~backup/data > automatically when the device is plugged to into the machine. > I can handle/manage the "umount" part. You could use and configure the amd(8) for this; it will mount the device (when it is plug'ed in) on 'cd ~backup/data' or any other access, and will umount it when not busy after some time; matthias -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.oclc.org/ http://www.UnixArea.de/ b http://gurucubano.blogspot.com/ Don't top-post, read RFC1855 http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is it such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet and in e-mail?