udevpubd

• Hook into kernel to learn about autoconfigured devices
• Adds missing device entries in /dev by calling MAKEDEV
• Maintains symlinks to device entries in /dev/wedges/

Automounter

• Provides a namespace
• mount / unmount for unprivileged users, by internal function
• or, by external program that extends functionality
• program is a safeguard, filesystem autodetection, fsck
• amd is old but smart, conditional mounts, wildcards
• Finally just access filesystem on a wedge by using the wedge name

Missing?

• critical filesystems?, udevpubd doesn't start early enough
• kernel has its own idea about boot/root/swap devices