Re: LUG: USB Automount - How to restart service? - Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:49:10 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: USB Automount - How to restart service?

From : Randall Barlow <randall_barlow@ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:49:10 -0400

Casey Dahlin wrote:
> What distro?
>
Sorry - I guess that is relevant :) Realm Kit (RHEL I guess formally) 4...
> If you're talking about the ability for USB keys to automatically attach
> to the file system when plugged in, the automount daemon does not
> actually handle this. Automount automatically mounts a drive when it is
> accessed, not when media is inserted. It's usually largely unused on a
> standard install.
>
That is what I'm talking about - so what does handle the USB keys
automagically? Thanks!