Re: Bug#286491: ITP: mountpy -- script for quick mounting of removable devices
On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 04:41:57PM +0000, Rob Bradford wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 04:05:29PM +0100, Radovan Garabík wrote:
> > Package: wnpp
> > Version: unavailable; reported 2004-12-20
> > Severity: wishlist
> >
> > * Package name : mountpy
> > Version : 0.1
> > Upstream Author : Radovan Garab??k <garabik@kassiopeia.juls.savba.sk>
> > * URL : http://kassiopeia.juls.savba.sk/~garabik/software/mountpy/
> > * License : GPL
> > Description : script for quick mounting of removable devices
> >
> > mountpy scans all devices connected to the system, and tries
> > to mount them, creating mount directories as needed.
> > Warning: this runs setuid root and allows ordinary users
> > to mount external filesystems. Do not install it on
> > multiuser machines with untrusted users!
>
> Whats the advantage of this over say, pmount?
>
It is written in python :-)
Or, maybe I did not know about pmount until you pointed it out.
But one advantage is there: mountpy scans all (or selected) devices
under /dev and mounts those accessible, so it is better suited for
less-linux-literate users. And later it might do something with
processes holding the device...
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