Automatic unmounting?

[outpaddling]

First, this is a nice utility, thanks!

One feature that would make it more functional would be an option to automatically unmount when the file manager exits.

I'm aware of the USERMOUNT option, but setting SUID on [u]mount commands thereby allowing any user to mount/unmount any volume is an unacceptable security issue on a multiuser system, such as a shared workstation in a lab.

[vermaden]

Welcome.About that 'feature', how would I do that? Keep the PID of started manager and if that exact PID exits then unmount the drive forcefully? I often do not use graphical manager but terminal to do something on the removable drive, sometimes its a rsync process that runs for hours. Doing force unmount just based on single Thunar or Caja PID seems rather risky decision. Not to mention that both Caja and Thunar like to crash once in a while 'just like that' which would force unmount the device.Regards,vermadenOd: "Jason Bacon" <notifications@github.com>Do: "vermaden/automount" <automount@noreply.github.com>; Wysłane: 2:46 Wtorek 2020-01-07Temat: [vermaden/automount] Automatic unmounting? (#16)First, this is a nice utility, thanks! One feature that would make it more functional would be an option to automatically unmount when the file manager exits. I'm aware of the USERMOUNT option, but setting SUID on [u]mount commands thereby allowing any user to mount/unmount any volume is an unacceptable security issue on a multiuser system, such as a shared workstation in a lab.

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[outpaddling]

I wouldn't force the unmount. I'd attempt it and ideally issue a popup if it fails, maybe using something like x11/zenity:

"/media/XXX failed to unmount. Be sure to unmount it manually before disconnecting."

[trasz]

Random idea: enable autounmount(8), which is in base, with a short timeout (eg ‘-t 3’), and make sure to mount filesystems with ‘-o automounted’?

[outpaddling]

Thanks for the suggestion. I'd thought of that, but you're aware of the current issues such as failing to unmount exFAT drives. That's why I'm exploring sysutils/automount as an alternative.

[outpaddling]

I have another idea that I think would work better. I'll create a simple SUID QT app that launches the FM as a child and creates a popup or tray icon with an unmount button. It can do an setuid() just for the umount command and can report when an unmount fails. Only filesystems mounted by automount can be unmounted under setuid() and no changes to automount needed, since it can already be configured to launch any command upon mounting.

[vermaden]

Interesting, please share that app when You write it :)Od: "Jason Bacon" <notifications@github.com>Do: "vermaden/automount" <automount@noreply.github.com>; Wysłane: 2:20 Piątek 2020-01-10Temat: Re: [vermaden/automount] Automatic unmounting? (#16)I have another idea that I think would work better. I'll create a simple SUID QT app that launches the FM as a child and creates a popup or tray icon with an unmount button. It can do an setuid() just for the umount command and can report when an unmount fails. Only filesystems mounted by automount can be unmounted under setuid() and no changes to automount needed, since it can already be configured to launch any command upon mounting.

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[outpaddling]

I'll add it to ports and note that it's intended as a companion to sysutils/automount.