Mobile Hardware - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 17-03-2009 Administration Manual

IMPORTANT: Data Security and Suspend to Disk
Encrypted partitions are not unmounted during a suspend to disk event.
Thus, all data on these partitions is available to any party who manages to
steal the hardware and issue a resume of the hard disk.
Network Security
Any transfer of data should be secured, no matter how it takes place. Find general
security issues regarding Linux and networks in Chapter 1, Security and Confiden-
tiality (↑Security Guide). Security measures related to wireless networking are
provided in Chapter 20, Wireless Communication

16.2 Mobile Hardware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop supports the automatic detection of mobile storage
devices over FireWire (IEEE 1394) or USB. The term mobile storage device applies
to any kind of FireWire or USB hard disk, USB flash drive, or digital camera. These
devices are automatically detected and configured as soon as they are connected with
the system over the corresponding interface. The file managers of both GNOME and
KDE offer flexible handling of mobile hardware items. To unmount any of these media
safely, use the Safely Remove (KDE) or Unmount Volume (GNOME) feature of either
file manager. The handling of removable media by your desktop is described in more
detail in GNOME User Guide (↑GNOME User Guide) and KDE User Guide (↑KDE
User Guide).
External Hard Disks (USB and FireWire)
As soon as an external hard disk has been correctly recognized by the system, its
icon appears in the file manager. Clicking the icon displays the contents of the
drive. It is possible to create folders and files here and edit or delete them. To rename
a hard disk from the name it had been given by the system, select the corresponding
menu item from the menu that opens when the icon is right-clicked. This name
change is limited to display in the file manager. The descriptor by which the device
is mounted in /media remains unaffected by this.
USB Flash Drives
These devices are handled by the system just like external hard disks. It is similarly
possible to rename the entries in the file manager.
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