Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:44:42 -0400
From: Dubiousjim <lists+alpine-devel@jimpryor.net>
To: alpine-devel@lists.alpinelinux.org
Subject: [alpine-devel] Re: Auto(un)mount on an mdev-based multi-user system
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On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 09:58:57PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
>   I've put together a few scripts that hook into mdev, and enable
> automounting and unmounting of USB devices.  There are examples on the
> net of doing this for embedded devices, with one user, namely root.
> Making it viable for a multi-user system, without selling out security,
> was a challenge.  E.g. one should really unmount manually before
> removing a device that's been written, and I've provided a script for
> that.  It has been working for me for several weeks.  The instructions
> are at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Mdev/Automount_USB  It'll remain
> flagged as a "Work in progress" until I get more feedback.

I haven't been able to try this yet, but thanks! for sharing it.

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Dubiousjim
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https://github.com/dubiousjim


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