Supermount -- Advisable?
Benjamin Sher
delphi123 at zebra.net
Tue Jul 5 10:18:33 UTC 2005
On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 11:04 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
> Benjamin Sher wrote:
> > Paul Howarth wrote:
> >
> >> Benjamin Sher wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> On 5 Jul 2005 at 8:30, Paul Howarth wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 02:19 -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> It's working fine in the console. I was hoping to make it work in
> >>>>> Konqueror, too, whether as root or user.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> It should be working properly for all applications if you are
> >>>> physically
> >>>> logged-in on that machine and not using it remotely.
> >>>>
> >>>> P.S. Please stop top-posting on this mailing list.
> >>>> Paul.
> >>>> --
> >>>> Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I tried to mount the data CD by clicking on the File Manager as Root
> >>> or User but it failed to open the CD.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> You shouldn't need to do this because it should already be mounted.
> >>
> >> When you say "It's working fine in the console", what do you mean?
> >>
> >>
> > What I mean is that I can mount and open the files on my data CD by typing:
> >
> > #mount /dev/hdc -t iso9660 /media/cdrecorder
> >
> > Then I can cd to the /media/cdrecorder directory and see and manipulate
> > my subdirectories and files.
> >
> > If I try to access my data CD using the File Manager as Root, it will
> > not work (I get a crash sound) UNTIL I first mount it in the console as
> > above. Then, after mounting it, I can access my files either in the
> > console (as above) or by using the File Manager as Root.
>
> OK; what I've been saying is that you should not need to mount the
> filesystem yourself at all. Fedora should detect that you have inserted
> media and do the mount for you.
>
> What's in your /etc/fstab?
>
> Do any messages appear in /var/log/messages when you insert a data CD?
>
> Paul.
>
Dear Paul:
If you wish, I can send you the /var/log/messages file off list.
Here is my fstab:
[sher at localhost ~]$ cat /etc/fstab
# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults
1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults
1 2
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620
0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults
0 0
none /proc proc defaults
0 0
none /sys sysfs defaults
0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults
0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom auto
noauto,user,exec,ro 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder
autonoauto,user,exec,ro 0 0
/dev/sda4 /media/IOMEGA vfat
pamconsole,noatime,sync,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto
pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0
0
[sher at localhost ~]$
Benjamin
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