Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 21:31:13 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: mbj@mbjnet.dk Cc: Morten Bo Johansen via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Morten Bo Johansen <listmail@mbjnet.dk> Subject: Re: Unmounting usb disk impossible Message-ID: <20200722213113.bbdaf869.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <slrnrhh4im.nq1.listmail@smtp.simply.com> References: <slrnrhglh3.l6v.listmail@smtp.simply.com> <CAOgwaMt1kCe4RfBMM=EcWjpTMeFkjk028=bJJYF-Qsdty2k4nw@mail.gmail.com> <slrnrhgvhv.mus.listmail@smtp.simply.com> <20200722205917.7e81b5bc.freebsd@edvax.de> <slrnrhh4im.nq1.listmail@smtp.simply.com>
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On Wed, 22 Jul 2020 21:24:05 +0200, Morten Bo Johansen via freebsd-questions wrote: > On 2020-07-22 Polytropon wrote: > > > This command interpretation is similarly listed in "man 1 umount", > > i. e., "umount -a -t <type>". However, have you checked that > > the filesystems beneath /media, mounted by automountd, are listed > > in /etc/fstab? This is a required condition according to the > > manual page. > > I think I am going to drop this automount stuff and just mount > and unmount the good old fashioned way. At least that works > with no problems. That matches my impression with various local-media automatic mounting mechanisms... After fiddling with XML files buried in /usr/local/etc (or was it /usr/local/share?), device permissions, group membership and so on, it would mostly mount, but then, it would not unmount (permission issue?!), so prefix with "sudo", add "-f" option, add desktop icon for unmount script... no, it didn't fully do what it said on the can. ;-) Personally, I liked the way XFCE (version 3!) did it: It had a wrapper "xfmount" which called mount (with device or directory, as listed in /etc/fstab), and opened a file manager window on success; close the window - xfumount ran, unmounted the device, and everything was fine. "That simple?" - "Good ideas are always simple." (Dr. Mabuse) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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