On 02/11/2007, Tilo Stritzky <t.stritzky@teles.de> wrote:
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> > On another note, it would also be useful to allow users to mount
> > directories not owned by them. As it stands if you want to allow a
> > user to mount a cdrom drive, they each need thier own mount directory.
> > This is not convenient if many users are going to use a system, would
> > you agree? Sure, you can configure sudo, but you can't get apps like
> > KDE for example, to use it. Can you see the possibility of changing
> > this so that the group may mount the cdrom, or even a 'user' directive
> > in fstab, which I think I saw in some other operating system (:P).
>
> Insisting on proper ownership is fine, just give the files to the
> user on logon and take them back when she logs out.

And when many users log in?

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> This is what fbtab(5)
> is for. However I have yet to work out how this blends with X.
>
> One ugly but working way is to hack up /etc/X11/xdm/{Give,Take}Console
> to include the mountpoints and devices. BTW, mountpoints can just as
> well be in $HOME (or /tmp).

Yes, thats how I do it now, but if I had more users it would have to
be scripted, which would be quite annoying.

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> >
> > Just ideas to make desktop use a little more automated.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> regards
> tilo
> >
> > --
> > Best Regards
> >
> > Edd
> >
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> > http://students.dec.bournemouth.ac.uk/ebarrett
>
>


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Best Regards

Edd

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