On 4/24/06, Arthur Pemberton <pemboa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yes, in all fairness, FC should at least auto dete and mount vfat > partions, for that matter, it should offer to mount any fixed partion > whose FS it can detect. The policy to ignore fixed partitions by default was the result of security arguments associated with multiuser server systems. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=177177#c19 If you incorrectly define the fedora core mandate as being primarily a single-user desktop system, then its very easy to say that vfat fixed disks should be treated like the plugged media devices. But once you start thinking beyond that very narrow usage case, into other situations which are more common in data center, or moderatelly sized multi-user environments, the scenario becomes problematic and its not so simple an issue as you would originally think. But don't confuse the lack of an optimal solution right now as evidence that people don't care about this and that they are not working to fix it. The PolicyKit work that is going on upstream with regard to hal is evidence of real effort to make progress on a thorny issue which has to strike a balance between single-user scenarios and server scenarios for Fedora Core's "general use" mandate. -jef"you got your desktop software on my server you got your server software on my desktop mmmmmmmmmmmmm to horribly incompatible usage scenarios which taste great together! "spaleta -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
