Re: RFP: magicdev
On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 02:21:11PM -0400, David Grill Watson wrote:
> It would be really nice if somebody could package GNOME magicdev. It is an
> extremely useful little program - it will check your user-mountable CD-ROMs
> and automatically mount them for you when you stick in the CD, and optionally
> run and autorun script on the CD.
>
> I am not a debian developer or even packager (I know just about nothing about
> making debs :), but it would be a very nice addition to the Debian system.
Alan Cox once shared his opinions of autorun scripts on CDs:
"I am ecstatic that some moron re-invented a 1995 windows fuckup."
As a matter of security and conscience, I can only agree. Automounting
your CD is cool by me - but my cdrom is mounted with noexec for a damned
good reason and yours should be too!
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