MountAllLocalFilesystems

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List all the local partitions to the nautilus "Computer" place and make possible for an user to mount one
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At the moment it's not easy enough for an user to mount a partition non listed by fstab
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 * Michael has a multi-boot system with Windows and Ubuntu installed. He's using Ubuntu at the moment but needs a document stored on his Windows partition.
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The changes apply to the Ubuntu desktop
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 * Change hal to stop setting the volume.ignore property for the local partitions
 * Make hal set volume.ignore for the fstab "auto" partitions
 * Make gnome-mount use gksu when the user tries to mount a partition he's not allowed to mount as a normal user

== Outstanding Issues ==

What to do with partitions that can't be mounted?
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=== Code ===

=== Data preservation and migration ===

== Unresolved issues ==
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Having a way for the user to ignore and mask some partitions would be nice. That would require to modify gnome-vfs and nautilus to add the corresponding options and to store those settings to gconf. Most of users probably don't need that feature though, it's not a part of the specification then.

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Summary

List all the local partitions to the nautilus "Computer" place and make possible for an user to mount one

Rationale

At the moment it's not easy enough for an user to mount a partition non listed by fstab

Use cases

  • Michael has a multi-boot system with Windows and Ubuntu installed. He's using Ubuntu at the moment but needs a document stored on his Windows partition.

Scope

The changes apply to the Ubuntu desktop

Design

  • Change hal to stop setting the volume.ignore property for the local partitions
  • Make hal set volume.ignore for the fstab "auto" partitions
  • Make gnome-mount use gksu when the user tries to mount a partition he's not allowed to mount as a normal user

Outstanding Issues

What to do with partitions that can't be mounted?

Implementation

BoF agenda and discussion

Having a way for the user to ignore and mask some partitions would be nice. That would require to modify gnome-vfs and nautilus to add the corresponding options and to store those settings to gconf. Most of users probably don't need that feature though, it's not a part of the specification then.

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