General Information
KDE can place icons for specific devices such as CD-Roms, DVD-Roms, Cameras, etc. The idea is to click on this icon and the device will automatically be mounted and Konqueror will open showing the contents of the mounted device.
By default only the root user, or superuser, has the ability to mount filesystems. Regular users need to be given the ability to mount if they are going to use the KDE Device Icons.
Requirements
- root access
- Working KDE install
Configuration
How to give users mount permissions.
Using the following command, add the line vfs.usermount=1 to your sysctl.conf file.
# echo "vfs.usermount=1" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
Changes to the /etc/sysctl.conf only take effect after a reboot; however, this setting can be made dynamically using the following command:
# sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1
The next task is to modify the CD devices. Atapi CD-Rom drives usually show up as the following:
/dev/acd0 <--- First drive
/dev/acd1 <--- Second drive
# ls -dl /dev/acd* crw-r----- 1 root operator 4, 12 Feb 15 11:34 /dev/acd0 crw-r----- 1 root operator 4, 13 Feb 15 11:34 /dev/acd1
Notice that the devices are in the operator group. Users will need to be members of the operators group in order to mount these drives. To make a user a member of the operators group, use the following command:
# pw usermod user1 -G operator
Use the following to make sure this has taken effect and that the groups are correct:
# groups user1 user1 operator
# pw usermod user1 -G operator,wheel # groups user1 user1 wheel operator
Now give the operators group rw permission on acd0 and acd1.
# chmod 660 /dev/acd0 /dev/acd1
Users must mount CD-Rom drives to directories that they own. Directories must be owned by the user. Being a member of the group the directory belongs to is not enough.
Create a directory for each CD-Rom drive in the users home directory.
# mkdir /home/user1/cdrom # mkdir /home/user1/cdrom1 # chown user1:user1 /home/user1/cdrom /home/user1/cdrom1
In order for KDE to mount CD-Rom devices to these directories, the filesystem type must be specified in the /etc/fstab file. Use the following commands to add the cd9660 filesystem type to these directories in /etc/fstab.
# echo "/dev/acd0 /home/user1/cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0" >> /etc/fstab # echo "/dev/acd1 /home/user1/cdrom1 cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
Now all that is left is to create the CD-Rom devices for KDE. Use the following commands to create CD-Rom devices on the users KDE Desktop:
For /dev/acd0
# cat << EOF >> /home/user1/Desktop/CD # [Desktop Action Eject] # Exec=kdeeject %v # Name=Eject # [Desktop Entry] # Actions=Eject # Dev=/dev/acd0 # Encoding=cd9660 # Icon=cdrom_mount # MountPoint=/home/user1/cdrom # ReadOnly=false # Type=FSDevice # UnmountIcon=cdrom_unmount # X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel # EOF
For /etc/acd1
# cat << EOF >> /home/user1/Desktop/CD1 # [Desktop Action Eject] # Exec=kdeeject %v # Name=Eject # [Desktop Entry] # Actions=Eject # Dev=/dev/acd1 # Encoding=cd9660 # Icon=cdrom_mount # MountPoint=/home/user1/cdrom1 # ReadOnly=false # Type=FSDevice # UnmountIcon=cdrom_unmount # X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel # EOF
Now make user1 owner of the two file you just created.
# chown user1:user1 /home/user1/Desktop/CD1 /home/user1/Desktop/CD1
You should now see two CD icons on the users KDE Desktop. Insert a CD into one of your drives and click on the corresponding icon and it will mount and bring up a window showing you the contents of the CD.