Notes re Open office & Linux/Win data

[Dale Farnsworth]

In article <440E07C3.6030208 at pvmail.maricopa.edu> mj wrote:
> 
>  > If this were a redhat distribution, you would
>  > alter, /etc/udev/rules.udev/10-udev.rules and you could put an entry 
>   > for the specific device, where it mounts (generally /media), who can 
>   > use it, mount it, eject it, etc.
> 	Ohboy! I just learned a neat new thing! When I was learning Unix in the 
> '90s, fstab was the standard (and only) place for SysAdmins to control 
> device mounts. I take it from your comments that /etc/udev... is for USB 
> devices, so fstab is still the place for HD fat32/vfat partitions. USB 
> mounts have been a particular thorn in my side, so I'll definitely check 
> this out--Thanks!!

Udev isn't only for USB mounts.

Udev is a userland /dev manager.  It is a daemon that creates special
files in /dev to support the devices on your system.  You start out with
a *very* minimal set of special files in /dev and udev adds/removes
additional special files as devices are discovered/removed.  It has
hooks so you can do more than just create/destroy the /dev special
files.

See http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev.html

-Dale