Re: [Cooker] USB Memory stick back but still all files have root owner and group.

[Thomas Spuhler]

On Sunday 15 January 2006 01:45 am, Andrey Borzenkov wrote:
> > I know this has been discussed before but never answered.
> > Will root remain or will it go back to mounted as user one day?
>
> http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20379
> http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20496
>
> Well,  as it stands now, it likely to remain broken for some time.
>
> Current situation: HAL creates /etc/fstab entry with all needed options
> that user can mount using /bin/mount (indirectly via another program like
> g-v-m does not matter).
>
> Strategic goal (of HAL development): HAL provides Mount/Unmount methods for
> devices. User calls them via D-Bus. It is user's responsibility to provide
> all required options, possibly mount point etc (HAL will provide default
> one). HAL will add user=<calling user> to make mounted device accessible to
> mounting user.
>
> The net effect is - while now we have centrally managed removable storage
> mount configuration, in the future *every user-level interface* like g-v-m,
> k-v-m or whatever will have to manage own repository of mount options.
> Currently user switching to another desktop transparently gets the same
> mounts because they are defined in /etc/fstab. After the change users have
> to wait for KDE to catch up in the first place (I have no idea when it is
> planned to add support for new model) and in any case, use switching from
> DE to GNOME will have to redefine all mount points. May be it is not a
> problem, user do not change desktop every day.
>
> Anyway to really fix the bug you need one of
>
> - new HAL, and new g-v-m (possibly with gnome-mount)
> - new HAL, current g-v-m and fixed hal-system-storage-mount
> - current HAL, current g-v-m, hal-system-storage-mount from CVS fixed as
> above
>
> -andrey

Thanks Andrey for the explanation. This way, one doesn't not have to ask 
everyday.

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Thomas Spuhler