From: Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> To: opensuse-factory@opensuse.org Subject: Re: [opensuse-factory] automounting USB Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 17:24:54 -0400 On 2013-10-18 23:04 (GMT+0200) Yamaban composed:
Felix Miata wrote:
A system capable of determining to put a device in /var/run/media/<username> is surely capable of appending [2,3,*] or <username> or bus## if and when another device with an identical label is being mounted to a different USB bus ID. /var/run/ is not a place where mere mortal users should be looking for anything, much less files on a stick just plugged. If <username> is going to be part of the mountpoint name, why not /home/<username>/media/<label>?
+1 for this idea,
interim solution: crate a link in the form: "ln -s /var/run/media/$USER /home/$USER/media"
That would at least show what a (inexperienced) user expects, and can be done NOW, without upstream hassle.
Idea for a place for this solution would be the (xdg-)tool that handles the 'User Desktop Directory Name Translation' (e.g. for German: Documents -> Dokumente, Public -> Öffentlich)
What if root plugs it, intending for its rw access by multiple or all users? -----Original Message----- If the root-user has an opened console, while plugging such device he/she should be able to mount it manually onto a decent mountpoint. Automount should only be done for end-lusers. btw, what should happen if no-one is logged in, and a disk/stick is plugged in? Or even funnier: just imagine that someone created the users "proc" or "sys" ;-) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org