On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:33:50 -0600, Chad Perrin <per...@apotheon.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:35:24AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > > > To make it more complicated, what about wearing some specific USB device > > on your clothes, attached to a chain, and when you leave the computer, > > it will pop out of the USB socket and therefore cause "xlock" to be > > called? :-) > > Does FreeBSD still have the kernel panic when mounted USB storage devices > are detached without unmounting problem?
Hmmm... How do other operating systems react if you suddenly remove a direct storage media that is just read from or written to? Do other operating systems go like, "Oh wow, the hard disk just disappeared, so then I will write the data on another hard disk..." :-) As far as I know, there are some tools like DBUS and HAL that make using USB sticks more easy in terms of "automount if plugged in, autoumount when removed", but I have to be honest: I don't use any automount feature (due to security reasons), so in my opinion it's always safe to first umount, then remove. > If so, you could just mount a > USB storage device, and unplug it when you leave the keyboard. Then > your computer would be safe from snooping, because it would kernel panic > every time you walk away! I first thought about that, too, but in my opinion it's not needed to mount whatever you plug in as USB device, maybe a defective MP3 player made from crap, a memory stick or who knows what. The lock / unlock action could be assigned to the simple presence of the device. And: Yes, I know, that's a very stupid idea. :-) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
