Re: who initiates mounting in debian?
On Tue, 04 May 2010 21:46:56 +0200, Jonas Stein wrote:
> it looks if some devices are mounted automatic (after plugging into USB
> slot)
> and some wait until i click on the device name in dolphin/thunar or
> similar.
>
> I dont understand who mounts when...
> I suppose some of the "magic" is done by udev, automounter and KDE and
> so on.
Yes, in stable, it's a mix between hal/udev and desktop environment mount
system.
> I am looking for a set of rules which software is allowed to do mounts
> and in which hierachy.
> Is there a kind of debian policy about mounting?
I suppose Debian follows FHS ("/media" for removable devices and "/mnt" for
temporarily mount points) :-?
> On a debian stable PC i users are not allowed to umount their usb stick,
> if its mounted in KDE. But it works on console.
On GNOME yes, users can mount/umount their own usb devices via Nautilus.
> On a debian testing PC i'd like to have some automatic action after
> inserting my GPS device in the USB slot. First it should be mounted
> somewhere
It should be automatically mounted anywhere under "/media" as AKAIK, that
is the default action for removable storage.
> and second the latest trackfiles should be moved to /foo
You will need a bit of scripting to achieve this.
> Is it a good way to use a udev rule for that?
There must be some pre-made applications to get that but you can also try
to get it done with udev rules. A quick example, courtesy of Google:
http://www.gradstein.info/hardware/how-to-automatically-run-a-script-after-inserting-a-usb-device-on-ubuntu/
> Should i use /media to mount the USB device, or is /media reserved for
> the system?
You can use /media, and as Boyd already suggested, give the device a
label to get a static name so it always get mounted under the
same path, i.e., "/media/mygps".
Greetings,
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Camaleón
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