NAME
usermount - A graphical tool to mount, unmount and
format filesystems.
SYNOPSIS
usermount [ options ]
userformat [ device ] [ options ]
DESCRIPTION
usermount is a graphical tool to allow
users to easily manage removable media, such as floppy disks or zip
disks. When the tool starts up, it scans /etc/fstab for all
filesystems that have been configured to allow users to mount and
unmount them. The filesystem can be mounted or unmounted by
pressing the toggle button labeled Mount.
Also, if the user has the appropriate permissions for the
device, the Format button will be active. This allows the
user to format disks using fdformat and create a new
filesystem of the type listed (using mkfs with the
appropriate option). Naturally, the user will be prompted for
confirmation before actually destroying data on the device.
Note that if a device is already mounted, the format button is
inactive for all entries that share the same device.
When run as root, usermount displays all of the entries
in /etc/fstab rather than just the ones with the user
option.
OPTIONS
This program has no command line options of it's
own, but it does take the standard X program options like
-display and such. See the X(1) man page
for some of the common options.
FILES
- /etc/fstab
- The system file describing the mountable
filesystems.
SEE ALSO
(8),
(8),
(8),
(5)
X(1)
BUGS
Mount entries with a filesystem type of iso9660 are
outright considered CD-ROMs and the format button is always
disabled.
Mount entries for swap files or partitions are also ignored. A
nice feature might be to allow root to turn swap on and off for
swap partitions.
AUTHOR
Otto Hammersmith <otto@redhat.com>