Automatically Mount and Unmount your iPod as any non-root user

Fellow geek goozbach came up with a detailed how-to explaining how to automatically mount and unmount your iPod as any non-root user. This obviously applies to Linux, more specifically, Ubuntu and Fedora Core 6 as tested by goozbach.

Here’s an excerpt from his site:

I’ve had an 8GB iPod for a while now. I haven’t bothered, until recently to set up my laptop up so I could automagically mount and unmount the device as any non-root user. These are the steps I took.

Verify correctly working iPod supportPlug in your usb cable and verify that the kernel is seeing your iPod. Run the command dmesg and you should see output such as this…

For the rest of the article, visit: http://blog.friocorte.com/2006/12/27/ipod-and-udev/.

Additional Posts Worth Reading

 

Comments »

No comments yet.

Name (required)


E-mail (required - never shown publicly)


URI - Web Site Address






Subscribe

Site of The Day

Sponsors

Categories

Recent Comments

  • Arthur: I can’t even be an Ebay affiliate. Tried various ways but still declined. Any help or suggestions?
  • chicago web design: I can’t imagine that these will last very long before Google banishes them all. But for now...
  • D.Ksyte: Anyone involved with cron job scheduling might find this resource useful. Cron Sandbox at HxPI is an...
  • FoNiX: “…decode md5″ is not possible, only bruteforce: generate hash and compare with original.
  • Z@$#: plz plz decript this hash for me any one….its really important…. 2CAD28C7C619F27DDE7B83C4999795BA
  • Joe: Thanks for writing this up. I tried the second method…however after the debian install the screen looks...
  • Scott: Was this issue ever resolved? I just started having a problem a couple weeks ago. I don’t do any kind of...
  • Prashant Patel: I had integrated Sp3 in Xp But finding one problem. In the Task Manager Process windows many services...
  • Ed: This looks like a real ‘leet’ linux command but it misses the point. Why would a hacker keep the name of...
  • Sudesh: My account was disabled but I followed their guideline and in one sec it was back on :) Here is the...

Top Commentators

Miscellaneous

  • Add to Technorati Favorites