On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 10:11 +0100, Cam wrote: > John > > > Right now it can't be done in FC-5. For better or worse upstream > > decided to take the policy configuration out of HAL. They are working > > on PolicyKit which should allow for better control over policy such as > > mounting. We are in the process of evaluating it. Options right now > > are to add a static mount to /etc/fstab or > > edit /usr/share/hal/scripts/hal-system-storage-mount. If someone wants > > to go more indepth and send a patch > > for /usr/share/hal/scripts/hal-system-storage-mount which uses the old > > policy keys from HAL I have no issues with releasing a new package for > > FC-5 as long as it is deemed to be secure. > > I'm interested in this. I've struggled with configurable mounting of > removable flash storage for a while. At the moment (FC5) I have fallen > back to manually mounting, which is a pain. > > I'd love to see a sensible shortname= default (win95 in my case) so I > can see the correct case on my mounted ogg player. > > I'd like noatime option for some flash filesystems. > > I'd like the system to handle large flash devices with multiple > partitions sensibly. > > I'd like to see consistent treatment of a disk type (eg. Compact Flash) > whether it's connected through USB, firewire or a PCMCIA reader. I have > seen some unexpected behaviour on a SATA-only laptop where / is on > /dev/sda and the CF appears as /dev/hda... > > I imagine that the policy on a machine should allow the logged in user > to have access on a per-adapter basis (eg. allowed to access USB disks > but not internal ones). Then the user should be able to choose how to > mount devices with interactive prompting if necessary. Is that rocket > science? You've just described PolicyKit. I think for FC-5 keeping it simple and compatible with how it used to work in FC-4 is the right way to go since if all goes well PolicyKit should be showing up in Rawhide before Test 2. -- John (J5) Palmieri <johnp@xxxxxxxxxx> -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list