Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific

From	Joe <joe@jretrading.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific
Date	2016-11-21 19:50 +0100
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On Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:36:19 +0000
Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:

> On Mon 21 Nov 2016 at 18:18:27 +0100, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 04:37:50PM +0000, Brian wrote:
> > 
> > [...]
> >   
> > > I cannot recollect or find any mention of the OP wanting to
> > > automount.  
> > 
> > Not explicitly, sure. The point is, it was implicitly expected,
> > because for the OP, it's the "normal" thing. It Just Happens.  
> 
> I have no idea what the OP's "normal" thing is when it comes to using
> his computer. My expections (correct or not) are usually based on what
> is said.
> 
> > This sort of thing is what I meant by "recalibrating our
> > expectations": we are better able to help when we are better able
> > to put ourselves in the questioner's position.  
> 
> Someone deduced "He wants auto-mounting of the inserted media". The
> evidence isn't there. Putting one's self in the a user's position is
> one thing; putting words into his mouth is another.
> 

The requirement was for a non-root user to mount an arbitrary
FAT-formatted USB stick partition read-write in a predictable place.

One way of achieving this is to monitor /var/log/syslog while plugging
the drive in, observe how the OS identifies the drive, and use this
information to construct a mount statement to be typed into a
command window as root.

Or, since exactly the same procedure is necessary each time, it could
be done by a computer. The computer which the drive had just been
plugged into would be a good choice. Plug in a drive and a large button
appears on the screen, marked 'Mount the drive you just plugged in'.

While this does not actually constitute automounting, I suggest that it
differs by a single mouse click. And actually, I didn't deduce that
automounting was what the OP wanted, I said that it was what *I* had
working. The point was to demonstrate that software existed to do the
job the OP wanted done, even if I didn't see quite what software that
was.

-- 
Joe

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Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-19 20:00 +0100
  Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-19 21:40 +0100
    Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-20 13:10 +0100
      Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2016-11-20 13:20 +0100
        Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-20 13:40 +0100
          Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2016-11-20 13:40 +0100
            Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-20 14:20 +0100
            Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-11-20 15:00 +0100
              Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-20 15:20 +0100
                Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-11-20 17:50 +0100
                Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2016-11-20 18:30 +0100
                Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-20 19:00 +0100
              Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-20 15:20 +0100
                Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-20 15:50 +0100
                Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-11-20 17:20 +0100
              Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-11-20 15:40 +0100
              Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-20 18:50 +0100
              Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2016-11-20 19:50 +0100
                Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-20 20:50 +0100
                Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-11-20 20:50 +0100
                Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2016-11-20 21:10 +0100
      Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-20 15:40 +0100
  Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-20 00:10 +0100
    Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-20 03:00 +0100
      Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-20 14:40 +0100
        Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-20 14:50 +0100
          Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-20 18:50 +0100
  MURPHY'S LAW RULES - was [Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site  specific] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-20 21:30 +0100
    Re: MURPHY'S LAW RULES - was [Re: Coercing sane file permissions --  site specific] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-20 22:00 +0100
      Re: MURPHY'S LAW RULES - was [Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific] Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-11-21 13:50 +0100
        Re: MURPHY'S LAW RULES - was [Re: Coercing sane file permissions --  site specific] Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> - 2016-11-21 14:30 +0100
          Re: MURPHY'S LAW RULES - was [Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific] Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-11-21 14:40 +0100
            Re: MURPHY'S LAW RULES - was [Re: Coercing sane file permissions --  site specific] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-21 15:20 +0100
              Re: MURPHY'S LAW RULES - was [Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific] rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-11-21 16:40 +0100
                Re: MURPHY'S LAW RULES - was [Re: Coercing sane file permissions --  site specific] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-21 17:30 +0100
                Re: MURPHY'S LAW RULES - was [Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific] rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-11-21 17:50 +0100
              Re: MURPHY'S LAW RULES - was [Re: Coercing sane file permissions --  site specific] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-11-21 18:30 +0100
                [off list] Re: MURPHY'S LAW RULES - was [Re: Coercing sane file  permissions -- site specific] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-22 16:00 +0100
                Re: [off list] Re: MURPHY'S LAW RULES - was [Re: Coercing sane file  permissions -- site specific] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-22 19:00 +0100
                Re: [off list] Re: MURPHY'S LAW RULES - was [Re: Coercing sane file  permissions -- site specific] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-24 19:00 +0100
  Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-11-21 14:20 +0100
    Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2016-11-21 15:00 +0100
      Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2016-11-21 15:10 +0100
        Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-21 15:20 +0100
          Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-21 17:40 +0100
            Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-21 18:20 +0100
              Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-21 18:40 +0100
                Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-11-21 19:50 +0100
                Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-21 20:40 +0100
                Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-11-21 21:50 +0100
                Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-22 16:10 +0100
                Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-11-22 16:20 +0100
                Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-22 16:40 +0100
                Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-11-22 17:00 +0100
                Re: Coercing sane file permissions -- site specific Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-11-22 17:00 +0100

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