Re: How to disable automatic mounting of CDROM?

From	Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: How to disable automatic mounting of CDROM?
Date	2015-09-27 13:30 +0200
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On Sat 26 Sep 2015 at 17:11:32 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:

> Brian wrote:
> >
> >I see what you mean.
> >
> >Try
> >
> >   gsettings set org.mate.media-handling automount false
> >
> 
> "apparently" works
> *NOTE BENE* the quotation marks
> I ran one DVD
> am now running a second

Successfully, we expect.

> HOWEVER I suspect I've made system wide changes without being asked for root
> permission

Policykit will take care of privileges. Nothing to worry about.

> *ALSO* it affected BOTH flash drives and CDs

Indeed. Is is worth digging into udisks and udev to handle CDs and USB
differently when a left or right click of the mouse does mounting so
quickly?

> http://manpages.debian.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gsettings+&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=Debian+8+jessie&format=html&locale=en
> *NOT* informative

Nothing to fret about if the easier route is taken:

   System Tools/dconf Editor/org/mate/desktop/media-handling

> It also does not address pre-systemd

I don't follow that.

Thread

How to disable automatic mounting of CDROM? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-26 16:20 +0200
  Re: How to disable automatic mounting of CDROM? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-09-26 17:30 +0200
    Re: How to disable automatic mounting of CDROM? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-26 18:30 +0200
      Re: How to disable automatic mounting of CDROM? rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-09-26 20:30 +0200
      Re: How to disable automatic mounting of CDROM? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-09-26 21:50 +0200
        Re: How to disable automatic mounting of CDROM? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-27 00:20 +0200
          Re: How to disable automatic mounting of CDROM? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-09-27 13:30 +0200
            Re: How to disable automatic mounting of CDROM? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-10-04 16:50 +0200
              Re: How to disable automatic mounting of CDROM? Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 17:10 +0200
                Re: How to disable automatic mounting of CDROM? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-10-04 17:20 +0200
                Re: How to disable automatic mounting of CDROM? Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 17:50 +0200
                Re: How to disable automatic mounting of CDROM? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-10-04 18:10 +0200

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