[SOLVED] Autostart for inserted medium in Linux

MBA Whore · 07-27-2006, 08:02 PM

My Linux MEPIS 3.43 Control Center has an interesting option under the following menu path: Control Center -- Peripherals -- Storage Media -- Advanced

Specifically, I can check or uncheck a box that says:

>>Enable medium application autostart after mount<<

My question is:

Is the advanced option in question the same as "autoplay" in Windows? Since Windows "autoplay" is a potential security issue, and this could be a Linux equivalent, I decided to post here in the security forum.

Your thoughts? Thanks!

konsolebox · 07-29-2006, 05:08 AM

It depends if you allow binary or script execution with autoplay. But if you only allow playing of the media files or opening of documents, then it's not really a problem. You'll only be aware of the application's vulnerability exploits.

live_dont_exist · 07-29-2006, 05:35 AM

I mean its ok really...if you are finicky abour autoplay...do 1 thing...tick that box .. disable autoplay...

Each time u pop a CD/DVD in .. mount it using ..

mount /dev/xxx /mnt/directory u create and play ur stuff from there...

Cheers
Arvind

MBA Whore · 07-30-2006, 05:11 PM

....uncheck it? The default is for the box to be checked. Thus, I assume, the default is for autoplay to be turned on. So, I assume you mean "untick" that box then use the command line prompts to proceed? Is that correct? Just curious because if I do "untick" that box, then my drive icons (harddrive icons, dvd drive icons, etc) disappear....

Just checking to make sure I understood you correctly. Thanks again!

live_dont_exist · 07-31-2006, 04:14 AM

Yeah thats what I meant

.. the drive icons vanishing are fine .. those are just shortcuts .. my guess is that when you do a manual mount the icons should reappear based on which device you've mounted...

ping back if still problems...

Cheers
Arvind