Every time I plug a USB stick in, nautilus opens a new window with the contents of the drive. I would like to disable this auto-opening of the nautilus window, but I would like the actual auto-mount to keep working. Is this possible?
Nautilus Automount – Disable Auto-Opening Nautilus Window After Auto-Mount
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Related Solutions
go to Dash Home > System Settings -> Removable Media and check "Never prompt or start programs on media insertion"
You can use the command:
gvfs-mount sftp://user@targethost
to mount a remote location by SFTP on the console. It also shows up in Nautilus (you can unmount it there) but it doesn't open a window automatically.
You have to enter the password for the remote host interactively when you use this command. (I don't know how to supply it by the command line or if gvfs-mount does make use of SSH keys. Would be nice if somebody could add this...)
Best Answer
The simplest option is to open a terminal with Ctrl+Alt+T, and type: