In a modern Linux operating system we usually take it for granted that when we insert a USB flash drive, best hard drive, or even a DVD disk, they just appear ready for use. But under the hood there ...

If you're looking for an easy way to encrypt directories in Linux, here's an introduction to eCryptfs. Mount an encrypted directory, add data, and unmount the directory. Data secured. Your data is ...

Im hacking away on a couple logout scripts (bash shell scripts triggered via launchd) to unmount SMB/CIFS mounts when a user logs out. Been using the good 'ol /sbin/umount command for the early drafts ...

Ok, this has been driving me out of my mind. I recently upgraded to Redhat 7.3 from 7.0>7.1>7.2. In all the previous versions, any user could freely unmount samba shares using the umount command ...