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.
Invoking
userformat device allows formatting
device, as if
by selecting
device in the
userformat window, and by clicking
the
Format button.
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¶
mount(8),
fdformat(8),
mkfs(8),
fstab(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>