> On Monday 11 June 2018 16:51:26 Kate Draven wrote:
> > > On Monday 11 June 2018 18:42:41 Kate Draven wrote:
> > > > > Kate Draven wrote:
> > > > > > Hi people (and others)
> > > > >
> > > > > I am not aware that cats are members of this list :)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > >-
> > > >
> > > > If cats had their way, they would be overlords.
> > > > And yes, they have infiltrated the organization.
> > > >
> > > > Kate
> > >
> > > And they, I take it, have delegated the food bowl and excrement pan
> > > maintenance to you? Its a dirty job, but I suppose somebody has to do
> > > it.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Cheers, Gene Heskett
> > > --
> >
> > And I have to feed them too...
> >
> > So, not takers on how to disable auto mounting of external HDs?
> >
> > Kate
> >
> 
> I believe that you can disable automounting by opening up Konqueror: 
> media:/
> Right-click on the icon for that item, then you can go to 
> Properties > Mounting 
> and check your mount options. 
> 
> Try doing as your username first; if you still have problems, then open up 
> Konqueror as root: 
> tdesu konqueror 
> and try again. (Of course, all the usual precautions about running anything 
as 
> root.) Messing up your mount options can make external HDDs a headache. 
> 
> If this doesn't work, then you probably want to examine these files: 
> /etc/fstab
> /etc/mtab
> However, I try not to mess with these, if everything else has been running 
> fine until now. If you try to disable automount for a new HDD, you may 
> inadvertently change mounting options for other drives, which will be worse. 
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> 
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Thanks lad, I'll give it a go in the morning.
Update everyone then.

Kate