USERMOUNT(1)                                                                                                        USERMOUNT(1)



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 <ottoATredhat.com>



Red Hat                                                   March 13 2007                                             USERMOUNT(1)