1USERMOUNT(1) General Commands Manual USERMOUNT(1)
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6 usermount - A graphical tool to mount, unmount and format filesystems.
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9 usermount [ options ]
10 userformat [ device ] [ options ]
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14 usermount is a graphical tool to allow users to easily manage removable
15 media, such as floppy disks or zip disks. When the tool starts up, it
16 scans /etc/fstab for all filesystems that have been configured to allow
17 users to mount and unmount them. The filesystem can be mounted or
18 unmounted by pressing the toggle button labeled Mount.
19 Also, if the user has the appropriate permissions for the device, the
21 Format button will be active. This allows the user to format disks
22 using fdformat and create a new filesystem of the type listed (using
23 mkfs with the appropriate option). Naturally, the user will be
24 prompted for confirmation before actually destroying data on the
25 device.
26 Note that if a device is already mounted, the format button is inactive
28 for all entries that share the same device.
29 When run as root, usermount displays all of the entries in /etc/fstab
31 rather than just the ones with the user option.
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34 This program has no command line options of it's own, but it does take
35 the standard X program options like -display and such. See the X(1)
36 man page for some of the common options.
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39 /etc/fstab The system file describing the mountable
40 filesystems.
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43 mount(8), fdformat(8), mkfs(8), fstab(5) X(1)
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46 Mount entries with a filesystem type of iso9660 are outright considered
47 CD-ROMs and the format button is always disabled.
48 Mount entries for swap files or partitions are also ignored. A nice
50 feature might be to allow root to turn swap on and off for swap parti‐
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54 Otto Hammersmith <otto@redhat.com>
55Red Hat March 13 2007 USERMOUNT(1)