xenial (1) usermount.1.gz

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NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       usermount [ options ]

       userformat [ device ] [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

       usermount  is  a  graphical tool to allow users to easily manage removable media, such as floppy disks or
       zip disks.  When the tool starts up, it scans /etc/fstab for all filesystems that have been configured to
       allow users to mount and unmount them.  The filesystem can be mounted or unmounted by pressing the toggle
       button labeled Mount.

       Also, if the user has the appropriate permissions for the device, the Format button will be active.  This
       allows the user to format disks using fdformat and create a new filesystem of the type listed (using mkfs
       with the appropriate option).  Naturally, the user will be  prompted  for  confirmation  before  actually
       destroying data on the device.

       Note  that  if  a device is already mounted, the format button is inactive for all entries that share the
       same device.

       When run as root, usermount displays all of the entries in /etc/fstab rather than just the ones with  the
       user option.

       Invoking  userformat device allows formatting device, as if by selecting device in the userformat window,
       and by clicking the Format button.

OPTIONS

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

FILES

       /etc/fstab               The system file describing the mountable filesystems.

SEE ALSO

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

BUGS

       Mount  entries with a filesystem type of iso9660 are outright considered CD-ROMs and the format button is
       always disabled.

       Mount entries for swap files or partitions are also ignored.  A nice feature might be to  allow  root  to
       turn swap on and off for swap partitions.

AUTHOR

       Otto Hammersmith <otto@redhat.com>