mount plugin

[Terry]

Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
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> JoeHill wrote:
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>> On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:32:32 +0100 (CET)
>> timystery at arcor.de got an infinite number of monkeys to type out:
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>>> Well, I am not gonna implement some "I'm a stupid user" options - this ain't
>>> a Windoze plugin.
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>> I absolutely agree. That's why I asked if there was just something I could put
>> in the rcfile. I wasn't too worried about my 'stupidity', just jokin' around,
>> what I was really concerned about, I guess, is depending on the size of your
>> panel, you get distracted... accidents could happen to *anyone*, so, to be
>> honest, I kinda resent the implication. It was a simple question, not an attack
>> on your project. If your reply was in response to a perceived attack, I
>> apologize, I didn't mean it that way at all.
>>     
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> This is really a non-issue.  1) Non-root users won't be able to unmount
> /, /home, etc.  2) Even root can't unmount a filesystem that's in use.
> Go ahead:  open a terminal, 'su' to root, and type 'umount /'.  Watch
> while it says "device is busy" and just ignores you.  If you unmount a
> filesystem that isn't in use, then... so what?  Nothing bad will happen.
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> 	-brian

What I find curious is that, as a user, I cannot ordinarily mount a 
partition on the hard drive.  Instead, I get the message: mount: only 
root can do that

Yet, using the plugin, I can mount any partition (except swap).  =-O

It's very convenient for a single user but is it according to Hoyle?


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