Re: Need for automatic USB stick backup package

2011-03-23 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Mar 22, Paul Wise wrote: > Automounting is disabled on desktops that do the right thing and when I call bullshit on this. -- ciao, Marco signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Need for automatic USB stick backup package

2011-03-22 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Jeffrey Ratcliffe wrote: > On 22 March 2011 00:49, Paul Wise wrote: > >> The mount could trigger unknown kernel vulnerabilities in filesystem code > > The USB Stick would be automounted anyway. How is this different? Automounting is disabled on desktops that do t

Re: Need for automatic USB stick backup package

2011-03-22 Thread Jeffrey Ratcliffe
On 22 March 2011 00:49, Paul Wise wrote: > I personally wouldn't use that script for a number of reasons: I adapted the script, changing various things. In particular, I use unison-gtk, which means that nothing is done until you confirm the changes. > The mount could trigger unknown kernel vulne

Re: Need for automatic USB stick backup package

2011-03-21 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Jeffrey Ratcliffe wrote: > Would such a package be useful? I personally wouldn't use that script for a number of reasons: It assumes that $HOME is /home/$USER It assumes that the sysadmin hasn't already mounted something on /mnt It mounts and backs up without

Need for automatic USB stick backup package

2011-03-21 Thread Jeffrey Ratcliffe
Inspired by a forum post[1], I've been using a bit of glue between udev and unison[-gtk] to automatically backup USB sticks when they are plugged in. I've been thinking about packaging it up, on the basis that although the glue is small, and simple to those who understand, it is not trivial and fi