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> 1. yasq - how to mount a usb stick - vfat (jblais)
> 2. [OT] Dual-phone bluetooth headsets (Choprboy)
> 3. Re: JON CONTACT ME OFF LIST (Jon)
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> Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 11:29:16 -0700
> From: "jblais"
> Subject: [Tfug] yasq - how to mount a usb stick - vfat
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> Hello
>
> more stoopid questions today..
>
> generally when I stick a usb memory stick into the Fedora 5 Linux box, it
> automagically gets done. I looked into fstab, it doesn't mention anything
> about it. Apparently FC5, or gnome, or whatever, does it's magic in a
> Winderseque way.
>
> So now I made an application that does the mount, because I used udev to
> always put special device in a known place. When I look at dev, the stick
> may show us as sda, or sdb, or... depending on if it was unmounted
> correctly (who knows what a user may do), or which plug it was pushed into,
> or the phase of the moon (more windersesque). I disabled autobrowse,
> because I want my app to look like an instrument, not a desktop. Anyway,
> without auto browse, I needed a udev rule to put whatever new sd*1 into a
> known place depending on the actual usb port. But doing so, only mounts the
> special device, and my app now needs ot mount the file system.
>
> So, without a good example from fstab, or from seeing what the automagic
> mount is really doing (which seems OK), I now need to know what parameters
> are best. I do not want is the automagic renaming of files - that is names
> like HELLO.TXT should not be changed to hello.txt and
> ThisIsAStoopidlyLargeNameThatSomePeopleInsistOn.abc being changed to
> THIS~024.TXT or some other stuff that causes me a headache when I try to
> re-locate a file once written to a stick.
>
> Anyway, I'm currently using something like:
> --snip--
> uid_t tUserID = getuid() ;
> gid_t tGroupID = getgid() ;
> char szUserInfo[128] ;
> sprintf( szUserInfo, "uid=%d,gid=%d,umask=0000,shortname=winnt",
> (int)tUserID, (int)tGroupID ) ;
> if ( mount( "/dev/myPort1, //udev rules do this for me
> "/home/user500/Stick1", //I expect file system here
> "vfat",
> MS_MGC_VAL|MS_NODEV|MS_SYNCHRONOUS,
> szUserInfo ) )
> --unsnip--
>
> this should be the same as:
> $ mount -t vfat -o uid=500,gid=500,umaks=0000,shortname=winnt
> /dev/myPort1 /home/user500/Stick1
>
> It seems to work. the /dev/myPort1 symlink set by udev rules seems to be
> reliable enough. My program always knows to check /home/user500/Stick1 --
> and it seems to work
> BUT, I've had enough problems getting all this figured out an working, so I
> just thought to ask y'all if anyone knows of or uses some better mount
> params.
>
> Thanks
>
> Joe
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 21:29:47 -0700
> From: Choprboy
> Subject: [Tfug] [OT] Dual-phone bluetooth headsets
> To: Tucson Free Unix Group
> Message-ID: <200712052129.48331.choprboy at dakotacom.net>
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> Anybody know of or happy with a particular bluetooth headset? Specifically I
> am looking for a dual-pairing headset, one that will pair with 2 or more
> phones at the same time and allow you to switch between.
>
> Adrian
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:40:31 -0700
> From: Jon
> Subject: Re: [Tfug] JON CONTACT ME OFF LIST
> To: Tucson Free Unix Group
> Message-ID: <47577D3F.4090308 at flatwan.net>
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> "nat" is spelled "NAT" since it's an abbreviation.
>
> --
> Jon
>
>
> David Rice wrote:
> > My nat is configured properly
> >
> >
> > On 12/5/07, Jon wrote:
> >
> >> No, he's not as much of a 'net nazi as Grossman.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jon
> >>
> >>
> >> Tyler Kilian wrote:
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> >>> I bet you block ident too.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Wankers
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> --
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