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Author: Steve Litt
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Preferred automounter behavior?
On Sat, 26 Dec 2015 06:40:12 +0100
Adam Borowski <kilobyte@???> wrote:

> Actually, the difference _does_ matter. Paths under /mnt are made by
> the sysadmin and thus are secure, paths under /media are created
> based on untrusted input.
>
> These two need at least _some_ namespace disambiguation, and /mnt
> vs /media serves that purpose.


I agree with Adam's point enough to change to /media right now unless
someone else sees a reason not to. Thanks Adam, I never even thought of
the huge distinction you mention, and it would have sucked if I
used /mnt for this purpose.

SteveT

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