
                        xmmount (Tom's device mounter)
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                                October 5, 1997
                                    v4.5


This progam is originally from Thomas Uhl (xvmount version 3.6). 
I modified it so that it works with Motif and LessTif (tested with 
version 0.80), but no longer with XView.

xmmount is a small utility for mounting devices. It recognizes the following 
filesystem types: minix, ext, ext2, msdos, xiafs and iso9660/High Sierra. It 
has a simple Motif based user interface.

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*** Installation ***
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You can compile and install it manually or by imake. 

Manual compilation and installation:
1. Copy the Makefile.linux to Makefile and make any changes 
   that may be necessary for your system:
   cp Makefile.linux Makefile
2. Run make:
   make
3. Become superuser:
   su
4. Change the owner and the group of the executable to 'root':
   chown root xmmount
   chgrp root xmmount
5. Set the setuid bit. This is necessary because mount is a 
   privileged system call:
   chmod +s xmmount   
6. Copy the executable and the manual page to an appropriate location:
   cp xmmount /usr/local/bin
   cp xmmount.man /usr/local/man/man1/xmmount.1
7. Copy the config file "xmmounttab" to "/etc" and add the devices
   which should be mountable:
   cp xmmounttab /etc
8. If you put the file to a differnt location
   you will have to define a XMMOUNTPATH environment variable:
   setenv XMMOUNTPATH /home/etc

Compilation and installation by imake:
1. Run imake:
   xmkmf
2. Run make:
   make
3. Become superuser:
   su
4. Install the executable:
   make install
5. Install the man page:
   make install.man

Suggestions and bug reports are welcome. Please send them to
harald.stauss@rz.hu-berlin.de
