On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 11:09:44PM +0200, Alessandro Selli wrote:
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> You still should use sudo, with a password - the user's own password.
> Using root password many times, every day, is bad for security (the more
> times you type it the higher the chances are it will be captured) and it
> instills the desire of an easy to remember and fast to type password.
> IMO the best solution is having sudo run scripts that mount unknown
> devices (i.e., not configured in /etc/fstab) on directories under /mnt,
> and maybe create them if needed.
>
...or just use pmount, and add any user with a compelling need to
mount devices to the "plugdev" group. And no password is ever needed.
HND
KatolaZ
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