Bug#373580: pmount loopback devices

2006-06-18 Thread Martin Pitt
Hi Pablo, Pablo Barbachano [2006-06-14 12:20 +0100]: > I think it would be desirable to be able to mount loop devices as a > regular user. Indeed, that is already a long standing item on my list. I hope to be able to solve this soon. > For that, several things have to be fixed: > 1. /dev/loo

Bug#373580: pmount loopback devices

2006-06-16 Thread Pablo Barbachano
Ok. I thought better about it and maybe changing the kernel is not an option. I almost-solved adding an udev rule like this: KERNEL=="loop[0-9]*", GROUP="plugdev" and than add this patch to pmount: --- pmount-0.9.11/src/policy.c 2006-05-11 18:20:20.0 +0100 +++

Bug#373580: pmount loopback devices

2006-06-14 Thread Pablo Barbachano
> 1. /dev/loop* need to have a group different that 'disk'. 'plugdev', for >example. > > 2. /dev/loop* need to be included in /etc/pmount.allow, or change >linux so /sys/block/loop*/removable is 1 instead of 0 (I think this >is the best solution). After looking into udev rules, I real

Bug#373580: pmount loopback devices

2006-06-14 Thread Pablo Barbachano
Package: pmount Version: 0.9.11-1 Severity: wishlist Hi, I have been using pmount to mount a usbkey formatted as ext3. I recently bought a mp3 player with 1GB and I thought desirable to use it instead of my 64MB key. However the player uses VFAT, so I couldn't use UNIX file permissions (which is a