Chris Henry wrote:
Hi, I've just reinstalled a windows computer with debian today. While I can add an entry to fstab to allow user to be able to mount an external drive, it won't allow flexible usage of externaldrive/thumbdrive.
If you are using a recent enough version of debian (etch or later), just adding the user to the floppy group should be enough. # adduser <username> floppyNext time the user logs in, plugging in an external drive automatically mounts it.
I realized that Ubuntu allows users to plug justabout anything and have it automatically mounted.
Funny that you mention this, since I am finding it difficult to disable that 'feature' in Ubuntu. Apparently it is not as simple as removing the user from the floppy group (or plugdev, in case of ubuntu)
Can I do the same in Debian? That means, allowing user to plug a thumbdrive or external drive and let the computer do the rest.
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