MountAllLocalFilesystems
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Launchpad entry: https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/mount-all-local-filesystems
Packages affected: gnome-vfs, nautilus
Summary
List all the local partitions to the nautilus "Computer" place and make possible for an user to mount one
Rationale
At the moment it's not easy enough for an user to mount a partition non listed by fstab
Use cases
- Michael has a multi-boot system with Windows and Ubuntu installed. He's using Ubuntu at the moment but needs a document stored on his Windows partition.
Scope
The changes apply to the Ubuntu desktop
Design
- Change hal to stop setting the volume.ignore property for the local partitions
- Make hal set volume.ignore for the fstab "auto" partitions
- Make gnome-mount use gksu when the user tries to mount a partition he's not allowed to mount as a normal user
Outstanding Issues
What to do with partitions that can't be mounted?
Implementation
BoF agenda and discussion
Having a way for the user to ignore and mask some partitions would be nice. That would require to modify gnome-vfs and nautilus to add the corresponding options and to store those settings to gconf. Most of users probably don't need that feature though, it's not a part of the specification then.