usbmount: automatically mount and unmount USB mass storage devices

[Martin Dickopp <martin-deb@zero-based.org>]

Hello,

I have have written and packaged a script which automatically mounts USB
mass storage devices when they are plugged in, and unmounts them when
they are removed. It is primarily intended for use with USM memory pens.
The package depends on udev and does not assume that the device always
gets the same device node. Please see below for package details.

Would anybody be willing to have a look at my package and/or tell me if
you consider this a good or bad idea in general?

The source package can be downloaded from here:

    http://www.zero-based.org/debian/packages/usbmount_0.0.1.dsc
    http://www.zero-based.org/debian/packages/usbmount_0.0.1.tar.gz

or by "apt-get source usbmount" with the following sources.list line:

    deb-src http://www.zero-based.org/debian packages/source/

Thanks in advance!
Martin


Package details:

  Name: usbmount

  Homepage: http://www.zero-based.org/debian/usbmount.html

  License:
    This package is free software; the copyright holder gives unlimited
    permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without
    modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.

    This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without
    even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
    PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

  Description: Automatically mount and unmount USB mass storage devices
    This package automatically mounts USB mass storage devices
    (typically USB pens) when they are plugged in, and unmounts them
    when they are removed. The mountpoints (/media/usb[0-7] by default),
    filesystem types to consider, and mount options are configurable.
    When multiple devices are plugged in, the first available mountpoint
    is automatically selected.
    .
    The script that does the (un)mounting is called by the udev daemon.


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