Mnt Daemon / News: Recent posts

* update documentation for 'emerge -uO mntd' and package.mask
* removed pidfile location from configfile (-> deprecated)
* configure pidfile at compile time (--with-pidfile)
* configure pidfile as commandline parameter (--pidfile)
* devfsd.conf.part install -> installed by distribution package system
* add support for udev again (with mntudev binary)
* updated documentation for udev
* calling <prefix>/sbin/mntrescan.sh for rescanning devices (devfs/udev)
* more devfs options for CHANGE, CREATE, ... events
* set permission when creating directories
* /mnt/mntd -> mode 0775
* /mnt/mntd/_dev* -> mode 0775
* added short name directories (e.g. /mnt/mntd/mnt1)
* added support for 'disc' devices
* changes for new automake, autoconf, ... tools
* changed 'disc' support to dd call
* add restart() to gentoo start script

* added dbus_reconnect options to configfile
* reconnect to DBUS after disconnected implemented
* retry to connect to DBUS, if not connected at start up
* retry limit read from configfile
* reading sleep time between retries from configfile
* read loglevel from configfile
* prepared for reload options
* new config option umount_on_exit (true|false|readonly)
* shell escape for remount options from configfile
* code cleanups (more glib string functions)
* update to documentation
* fixed memory leaks
* added squashfs options
* added noexec,nodev,noatime to fs options
* SIGHUP handler implemented
* -r parameter (reload) implemented
* configuration reload implemented

* mount, umount and killall binary path configurable
* using umount -f -l, so busy devices will be unmounted now
* clean shutdown, after dbus disconnect
* mntd will exit, if dbus is not started
* libmnt dbus_disconnect callback added
* update for libmnt documentation
* all data stored ion MNTDDATA
* code cleanups

* minor html bugfix in documentation
* added freshmeat.feed script
* udevd stuff removed
* hald stuff removed
* need devfsd now
* support for kernel 2.4 added
* added 'mntsend' program; called from devfsd
* documentation for 2.4 kernel added
* options for each filesystem type
* remount_rd(), remount_rw() methods for libmnt
* path to external binaries (mount, umount, killall) now from AC_PATH_PROG
* libmnt.h install
* added gentoo ebuild to download directory

* daemonize implemented
* documentation update with installing instructions
* new commandline parameter -q (will quit the daemon)
* pidfile will be written
* signal handler for SIGTERM, SIGQUIT, SIGINT and SIGABRT will quit daemon
* detaching from tty

planned features:
- daemonize support
- documentation update
- ebuilds for gentoo distribution