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Re: Debian 12.5 up-to-date Xfce, Firefox clings to USB stick

From Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Debian 12.5 up-to-date Xfce, Firefox clings to USB stick
Date 2024-03-30 19:30 +0100
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On Sat, 30 Mar 2024 17:17:52 +0200
Antti-Pekka Känsälä <antti.pekka.kansala@gmail.com> wrote:

> What could be the deal, when Firefox tries to stop me from unmounting
> a stick, after I've accessed files on it through Firefox?  I worry
> about my stick security.  Thanks.

It sounds like Firefox has a file open on the stick. To check this, run
something like

lsof | grep -i offsite

where offsite is in the path to the stick.

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Debian 12.5 up-to-date Xfce, Firefox clings to USB stick Antti-Pekka Känsälä <antti.pekka.kansala@gmail.com> - 2024-03-30 16:40 +0100
  Re: Debian 12.5 up-to-date Xfce, Firefox clings to USB stick gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-03-30 18:20 +0100
    Re: Debian 12.5 up-to-date Xfce, Firefox clings to USB stick Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2024-03-30 19:00 +0100
  Re: Debian 12.5 up-to-date Xfce, Firefox clings to USB stick Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2024-03-30 19:30 +0100
  Re: Debian 12.5 up-to-date Xfce, Firefox clings to USB stick David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-03-30 23:20 +0100

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