Re: [Utopia] [patch] Disable automounting when screen saver is running

[Joe Shaw <joeshaw novell com>]

Hi,

David Zeuthen wrote:
> When the screen saver is running, the user may not be around to keep an 
> eye on their machine. There are a number of security attacks with a 
> specially crafted filesystem that can happen since the automounter 
> effectively performs mount, which is a privileged command, and reads the 
> directory contents.

Generally it seems like a good idea to me, but it also seems like this 
could confuse users who might genuinely attach a device while the 
screensaver is on, since nothing will ever happen until the user reattaches.

Having a dialog or libnotify bubble come up asking the user if they want 
to mount the device for when the screensaver is turned off would 
probably be a good thing.

Joe