What `uhelper` option in `fstab` means?

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When we run mount we can see:



/dev/sda2 on /media/kes/A49C24B59C2483C0 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096,uhelper=udisks2)


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    When we run mount we can see:



    /dev/sda2 on /media/kes/A49C24B59C2483C0 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096,uhelper=udisks2)


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      When we run mount we can see:



      /dev/sda2 on /media/kes/A49C24B59C2483C0 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096,uhelper=udisks2)


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      When we run mount we can see:



      /dev/sda2 on /media/kes/A49C24B59C2483C0 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096,uhelper=udisks2)


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          It tells umount that it should use the program umount.udisks2 to unmount that file system. That allows ordinary users to unmount without needing root privileges.






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          It tells umount that it should use the program umount.udisks2 to unmount that file system. That allows ordinary users to unmount without needing root privileges.






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          It tells umount that it should use the program umount.udisks2 to unmount that file system. That allows ordinary users to unmount without needing root privileges.






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          It tells umount that it should use the program umount.udisks2 to unmount that file system. That allows ordinary users to unmount without needing root privileges.






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          It tells umount that it should use the program umount.udisks2 to unmount that file system. That allows ordinary users to unmount without needing root privileges.







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          • Is this the option which cause unmount button to appear? screenshot
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          • Is this the option which cause unmount button to appear? screenshot
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          Is this the option which cause unmount button to appear? screenshot
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