Information about the package, pmount, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pmount package is designed for, Enable normal user mount.
Package Name:
pmount
Summary:
Enable normal user mount
Description:
pmount ("policy mount") is a wrapper around the standard mount program which permits normal users to mount removable devices without a matching /etc/fstab entry. Be warned that pmount is installed setuid root.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.9.23
Release:
1.el6
Size:
98 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the pmount package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pmount
This command will install pmount on the server.
yum remove pmount
This command will un-install pmount on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pmount, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pmount
This command will un-install pmount on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove pmount when using the -y flag.
yum update pmount
This command will update pmount to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pmount, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pmount
This command will update pmount to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove pmount when using the -y flag.
yum info pmount
This command will show you core information about the pmount package.
yum deplist pmount
This command will show you the dependencies for pmount. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update pmount
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pmount. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.