1USERMOUNT(1)                General Commands Manual               USERMOUNT(1)
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NAME

6       usermount - A graphical tool to mount, unmount and format filesystems.
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SYNOPSIS

9       usermount [ options ]
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DESCRIPTION

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.
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20       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
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27       Note that if a device is already mounted, the format button is inactive
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30       When  run  as root, usermount displays all of the entries in /etc/fstab
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33       Invoking userformat device allows formatting device, as if by selecting
34       device in the userformat window, and by clicking the Format button.
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OPTIONS

37       This  program has no command line options of it's own, but it does take
38       the standard X program options like -display and such.   See  the  X(1)
39       man page for some of the common options.
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FILES

42       /etc/fstab               The   system  file  describing  the  mountable
43                                filesystems.
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SEE ALSO

46       mount(8), fdformat(8), mkfs(8), fstab(5) X(1)
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BUGS

49       Mount entries with a filesystem type of iso9660 are outright considered
50       CD-ROMs and the format button is always disabled.
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52       Mount  entries  for  swap files or partitions are also ignored.  A nice
53       feature might be to allow root to turn swap on and off for swap  parti‐
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AUTHOR

57       Otto Hammersmith <otto@redhat.com>
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61Red Hat                          March 13 2007                    USERMOUNT(1)
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