[kde-linux] Is KDED Mount Watcher needed?

Jonathan Chen (jonachen) jonachen at cisco.com
Wed Sep 7 16:44:53 UTC 2005


Thanks Kevin,

I just wanted to be sure. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Krammer [mailto:kevin.krammer at gmx.at] 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 1:00 AM
> To: kde-linux at kde.org
> Subject: Re: [kde-linux] Is KDED Mount Watcher needed?
> 
> On Wednesday 07 September 2005 00:07, Jonathan Chen (jonachen) wrote:
> > Hi I am trying to find more info on the above service.   
> Unfortunately,
> > I was unable to find more info on the service.
> 
> I think it watches the moutpoints listed in the /etc/fstab 
> file to see if their mounting state changes so KDE can update 
> assoicated icons.
> 
> > So by turning this service off, would it effect me somehow even my 
> > home account is mounted via NFS?
> 
> No. Your home directory is already mounted when KDE starts up 
> and will still be mounted when KDE shuts down and it will not 
> change to unmounted during your session.
> 
> Cheers,
> Kevin
> 
> --
> Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer at gmx.at>
> Qt/KDE Developer, Debian User
> Moderator: www.mrunix.de (German), www.qtforum.org
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