MHR wrote:
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Guy Boisvert boisvert.guy@videotron.ca wrote:
Hi!
I'm trying to figure out how to make automount do its job when nobodyis logged at the console and the user access the server by VNC. Does anybody knows how to make CentOS automount USB Hard Drives / Pendrive when accessed by VNC?
Could you describe the problem a little more clearly? Separation of console from USB-accessible hardware, how VNC fits in in this scenario, etc.
It sounds like someone wants to log in remotely (VNC), plug in a (local) USB device and access it (remotely), which doesn't make sense to me.
Thanks.
mhr _______________________________________________
Hi,
It make senses if you're running a box headless (it will be headless soon, now i'm testing it with K+V+M attached). We're using a CentOS box to plug USB Flash drive & external hard drive into it. The CentOS box is then used to FTP the content of these external drives to a Winblows box, all that filtered by a firewall between the 2 boxes. Only FTP is allowed.
Doing some tests on the CentOS box, i saw that if i log into the console, then the local session and the remote VNC sessions will see the drives automounted. If i log out of the console, then the VNC session won't see anything. It's like the automount works only if somebody is logged at the console.
Hope i was clearer. Thanks!
Guy Boisvert, ing. IngTegration inc.