[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#508044: It isn`t possible to mount persistent disk volumes, which are not listed in /etc/fstab via hal.

[Michael Biebl]

severity 508044 wishlist
retitle 508044 hal: please enable PolicyKit support
thanks

Павел Lubetsky schrieb:
> I want persistent volumes, which are not listed in fstab, to be
> mounted via hal too (now it is not possible). It would be much easier
> for novice to simply point-and-click on unmounted volume in nautilus,
> for example. And it would give a good expierence for livecd users
> (especially for them).

This means, enabling of policykit support, to ensure some kind of
authentication/authorization for this kind of actions.

Making it possible to mount local file system for everyone would be a
security risk, that's why it's currently not enabled.

Michael
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