Josh Fisher wrote: > Perhaps a RunBeforeJob is not needed. It seems it should be possible > to use a combination of udev, hal/dbus, and hotplug to insert a USB > drive at a known device node and known mountpoint. Autofs can then be > used to mount/unmount on an as needed basis. This works on Fedora > Core 3 for my ThumbDrive. When I insert the ThumbDrive any needed > kernel modules are loaded, the /dev/jumpdrive device node is created, > and an entry is made to /etc/fstab to mount /dev/jumpdrive at > /media/jumpdrive. It is not yet mounted, but can be mounted via > /bin/mount /media/jumpdrive by a normal user. When I subsequently > issue a command, say /bin/ls /media/jumpdrive, the automount daemon > mounts the device and the ls continues as usual. If I don't access > the drive for a while (5 minutes in this case), the automount daemon > again takes over and umounts the device. As far as I can tell, this > timeout that causes the umount will never occur as long as there is > an open file handle pointing to the device. When I remove the > ThumDrive, the fstab entry, mountpoint, and device node are all > deleted. Most likely the kernel eventually unloads any modules that > are no longer needed as well.
This hint look quite promissing. My aim is not to have the drive mounted automatically when accessed. Because I want to protect it from malusers, malware or even letal errors of the root. Therefore it should not be mounted as long as Bacula is not doing it explicitly. Still I do not understand it why sd has problem if the drive is not already mounted when sd starts. If I could change this all would be much easier. /M ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
