Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:56:53 +0100 | From | Sander <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Let non-root users eject their ipods? |
| |
Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote (ao): > 2005/12/20, Willy Tarreau <willy@w.ods.org>: > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 06:51:58PM -0800, john stultz wrote: > > > I'm getting a little tired of my roommates not knowing how to safely > > > eject their usb-flash disks from my system and I'd personally like it if > > > I could avoid bringing up a root shell to eject my ipod. Sure, one could > > > suid the eject command, but that seems just as bad as changing the > > > permissions in the kernel (eject wouldn't be able to check if the user > > > has read/write permissions on the device, allowing them to eject > > > anything). > > > > You may find my question stupid, but what is wrong with umount ? That's > > how I proceed with usb-flash and I've never sent any eject command to > > it (I even didn't know that the ioctl would be accepted by an sd device). > > IMHO, umount doesn't guarantee sync, isn't it?
I'm pretty sure it does :-)
Anyway, that is how I treat all usb/firewire disks, and I've never lost data. Just umount and unplug when the prompt returns.
-- Humilis IT Services and Solutions http://www.humilis.net - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |