Hi,
I noticed that my /media directory has a few directories that are not used.
Why and when were they created. Are they legacy from past. I run sid.

/media/NIKON D80
/media/RICOHDCX
/media/sdd1

each of these directories, which don't seem to be used, has a hidden file named:
..created_by_pmount, why?

What are they for?
Can I delete them without worrying about them? What created them?
Now what is the purpose of these files/directories?
They seem to be vestiges of the past.
Like appendix or tonsils, or Meckles Diverticula.

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As background I have read about pmount, and indeed just tried it out,
its very nice.

I see that pmount enables me to mount devices not in fstab without being root.
thus when i attach a sd memory card from my NIKON D80,

I am able to do


dmesg|tail

SCSI device sde: 1000448 512-byte hdwr sectors (512 MB)
sde: Write Protect is off
sde: Mode Sense: 02 00 00 00
sde: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sde: 1000448 512-byte hdwr sectors (512 MB)
sde: Write Protect is off
sde: Mode Sense: 02 00 00 00
sde: assuming drive c

then i can do

pmount /dev/sde1
and i can access it as
/media/sde1
similarly I can
pumount /media/sde1
without su to root.

this is all very nice.
******************

However, I have no idea what created the 3 directories which have
these hidden files .created_by_pmount in /media.

Moreover, if I attach a sd media card to my machine, I really don't need pmount,
(actually I like to have pmount, cause i find it more convenient then using kde ...)
because some
KDE window opens up that has as a window title

NIKON D80-KDE Daemon
that offers to open a konqueror window with the directory of the contents of

/media/NIKON\ D80-1
which then has the data on my media card.

Notice that the /media/NIKON\ D80 directory with the .created_by_pmount file
is blocking KDE daemon from creating NIKON\ D80 so it creates instead /media/NIKON\ D80-1!

Also I once had a
RICOHDCX camera card. This likely is related to the /media/RICOHDCX directory.

Note I have no idea where /media/sdd1 comes from, though. I only see in dmesg

Vendor: Generic Model: STORAGE DEVICE Rev: 9139
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdc
Vendor: Generic Model: STORAGE DEVICE Rev: 9139
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
sd 6:0:0:1: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
Vendor: Generic Model: STORAGE DEVICE Rev: 9139
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
sd 6:0:0:2: Attached scsi removable disk sde
Vendor: Generic Model: STORAGE DEVICE Rev: 9139
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
sd 6:0:0:3: Attached scsi removable disk sdf

which probably corresponds to my sandisk usb 4x multitype memory card reader,
but there is no device /dev/sdc1 on the machine by dmesg or fdisk -l.


So to summarize, can I blow away these 3 directories and what created them?


Thanks,
Mitchell Laks


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Am 2007-05-31 19:16:51, schrieb Mitchell Laks:
> What are they for?
> Can I delete them without worrying about them? What created them?
> Now what is the purpose of these files/directories?
<snip>
> So to summarize, can I blow away these 3 directories and what created them?

----8<------------------------------------------------------------------
[root@michelle1.private:~/] pmount --
Usage:

pmount [options] <device> [<label>]

Mount <device> to a directory below /media/ if policy requirements
are met (see pmount(1) for details). If <label> is given, the mount point
will be /media//<label>, otherwise it will be /media/<device>.
If the mount point does not exist, it will be created.
<snip>
----8<------------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
Michelle Konzack
Systemadministrator
Tamay Dogan Network
Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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