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