On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 11:01 -0500, Paul Winkler wrote: > On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 10:35:17AM -0500, Paul Winkler wrote: > > So put this in /etc/init.d/local: > > > > /bin/umount /my/ntfs/mount/path > > Oops, more explicitly for those who haven't messed with init.d > scripts... > > more specifically, you would put the above line EITHER > in the "stop" function within /etc/inid.d/local, or (PREFERRED) > put it wherever your distribution's existing init.d/local looks > for stuff to run. In my case, I run gentoo, and init.d/local > looks for scripts at /etc/conf.d/local.start (for startup) > and /etc/conf.d/local.stop (for shutdown). > So I'd put the above line in /etc/conf.d/local.stop. > I was infuriated to find that the latest version of Ubuntu does not AUTOMATICALLY mount a USB drive as soon as it's plugged it. It does appear on the Gnome desktop, with a nice descriptive icon, but as soon as the user clicks it they get PERMISSION DENIED. Christ, it's 2005, do they still expect us to fuck with config files? Lee
