Mount USB Devices – How to Auto Mount USB Key

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I'm currently working in a command line only environment.

When I plug my USB key in, I see a new device file in /dev:

...
sdi
sdi1
...

If I simply sudo mount /dev/sdi1 /media/tmp, and umount it when I'm done, I have to repeat the process all over again. This alone could be accomplished with a little script but my key doesn't always show up as sdi.

Is there a way for me to have it always auto-mount and maybe reserve sdi for it?

Note: Also, there seems to be orphaned device files in /dev if I forget to unmount and just pull the stick out.

Best Answer

I use this Udev rule from the Arch Wiki:

KERNEL!="sd[a-z][0-9]", GOTO="media_by_label_auto_mount_end"

# Import FS infos
IMPORT{program}="/sbin/blkid -o udev -p %N"

# Get a label if present, otherwise specify one
ENV{ID_FS_LABEL}!="", ENV{dir_name}="%E{ID_FS_LABEL}"
ENV{ID_FS_LABEL}=="", ENV{dir_name}="usbhd-%k"

# Global mount options
ACTION=="add", ENV{mount_options}="relatime"
# Filesystem-specific mount options
ACTION=="add", ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}=="vfat|ntfs", ENV{mount_options}="$env{mount_options},utf8,gid=100,umask=002"

# Mount the device
ACTION=="add", RUN+="/bin/mkdir -p /media/%E{dir_name}", RUN+="/bin/mount -o $env{mount_options} /dev/%k /media/%E{dir_name}"

# Clean up after removal
ACTION=="remove", ENV{dir_name}!="", RUN+="/bin/umount -l /media/%E{dir_name}", RUN+="/bin/rmdir /media/%E{dir_name}"

# Exit
LABEL="media_by_label_auto_mount_end"

Just change the "sd[a-z][0-9]" in the first line to avoid clashes with your other drives...

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