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Author: Svante Signell
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Old-Topics: Re: [DNG] A better default windows manager
Subject: [DNG] automount Was: Re: A better default windows manager
On Sun, 2015-07-26 at 23:17 -0500, T.J. Duchene wrote:
> That's a very gracious offer, Steve, and I'm sure it will be greatly
> appreciated. =)
>
> If I might say so, I HATE automount. Click to mount is fine, but
> automounting peripheral drives like jump drives, CDs and whatnot is an
> inexcusable security risk, in my opinion, even under a UNIX.


Couldn't agree more!

> Mounting should be restricted to only the most experienced users,
> never embedded in the software so every user can across the board.
> The default setup on too many Linux machines reminds me of Windows.


Too sad to see this on GNU/Linux :(

> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:18 PM, Steve Litt
> <slitt@???> wrote:
>         You can roll your own automount with one day's work using
>         inotify-wait,
>         dmesg, sudo, lsblk, and the mount command. Works without X or
>         window
>         manager. Heck, I'll do it myself if more than 20 people want
>         it.

>
>         SteveT

>


Count me in, now we are three wanting it, including yourself.