Comments on: GConf – The Ultimate Policy Manager http://www.j5live.com/2006/01/09/gconf-the-ultimate-policy-manager/ Where the urethane hits the pavement Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:34:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: J5 http://www.j5live.com/2006/01/09/gconf-the-ultimate-policy-manager/comment-page-1/#comment-1923 J5 Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:11:52 +0000 http://www.martianrock.com/?p=185#comment-1923 http://freedesktop.org/~david/gnome-mount-0.3.tar.gz It needs the CVS version of HAL to work. http://freedesktop.org/~david/gnome-mount-0.3.tar.gz

It needs the CVS version of HAL to work.

]]> By: Tomasz Torcz http://www.j5live.com/2006/01/09/gconf-the-ultimate-policy-manager/comment-page-1/#comment-1922 Tomasz Torcz Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:36:17 +0000 http://www.martianrock.com/?p=185#comment-1922 And where we, mortals, can get gnome-mount? And where we, mortals, can get gnome-mount?

]]> By: J5 http://www.j5live.com/2006/01/09/gconf-the-ultimate-policy-manager/comment-page-1/#comment-1921 J5 Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:49:02 +0000 http://www.martianrock.com/?p=185#comment-1921 You know one of my pet pieves is when a person reads something and then nit picks on something which is not even part of the point of the larger work. The idea is the user can set options, sync was just an example. Perhaps a better one is character encoding or if they want to allow other users to view the contents of the mount. You know one of my pet pieves is when a person reads something and then nit picks on something which is not even part of the point of the larger work. The idea is the user can set options, sync was just an example. Perhaps a better one is character encoding or if they want to allow other users to view the contents of the mount.

]]> By: James http://www.j5live.com/2006/01/09/gconf-the-ultimate-policy-manager/comment-page-1/#comment-1920 James Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:53:17 +0000 http://www.martianrock.com/?p=185#comment-1920 Why on earth would you want to let your users mount their USB keys sync? With cheaper keys, it will cause them to wear out prematurely by constantly rewriting the file allocation table. Even on keys that spread the writes over the flash, it will slow things down significantly. Why on earth would you want to let your users mount their USB keys sync? With cheaper keys, it will cause them to wear out prematurely by constantly rewriting the file allocation table. Even on keys that spread the writes over the flash, it will slow things down significantly.

]]> By: Paul http://www.j5live.com/2006/01/09/gconf-the-ultimate-policy-manager/comment-page-1/#comment-1917 Paul Tue, 10 Jan 2006 03:50:28 +0000 http://www.martianrock.com/?p=185#comment-1917 This model is extremely useful when you have an office full of people who *want* to use Linux, but don't all have the depth of knowledge required to set GConf keys, nor do they want it. (Yes, I know about the gconf-editor, these folks don't, and they don't need to.) In some cases, these folks are doing forensic examinations of evidence, where even when using a copy of a copy, it is desirable not to change the media you're using. Linux is ideal for this work, other operating systems...? Let's just say, not as much. The default Fedora Core system and user policy that allows hotplugged drives to be mounted automatically, which is obviously a big no-no. So setting the system policy and locking it down with a customized package allows the office Linux guru to put a comfortable desktop system in front of the analysts while keeping the media safe from unintentional harm. The analyst can do her normal "mount -r" and continue with Linux-based utilities, or VMWare, to examine the contents. Sweet! This model is extremely useful when you have an office full of people who *want* to use Linux, but don’t all have the depth of knowledge required to set GConf keys, nor do they want it. (Yes, I know about the gconf-editor, these folks don’t, and they don’t need to.) In some cases, these folks are doing forensic examinations of evidence, where even when using a copy of a copy, it is desirable not to change the media you’re using. Linux is ideal for this work, other operating systems…? Let’s just say, not as much. The default Fedora Core system and user policy that allows hotplugged drives to be mounted automatically, which is obviously a big no-no. So setting the system policy and locking it down with a customized package allows the office Linux guru to put a comfortable desktop system in front of the analysts while keeping the media safe from unintentional harm. The analyst can do her normal “mount -r” and continue with Linux-based utilities, or VMWare, to examine the contents. Sweet!

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