Re: How to mount a external USB drive automatically
On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 03:53:07PM -0500, Anthony wrote: I have an external USB drive that is always connected to my computer. When I log in, it shows up on my desktop (unmounted) and all I have to do is click on it to mount it. It mounts to /run/media/anthony/Storage But I want to have it mount automatically for both me (the system admin) and any other users that login to their accounts. I'll then change individual folder permissions for access control. How can I make it mount automatically since it's already showing in its unmounted state on my desktop? I have never known a usb drive to show up on the desktop without being mounted. Have you looked in /etc/mtab? If so, what does it show? If not, how do you know the drive isn't mounted? -- Bob Holtzman If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer. Key ID: 8D549279 signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: How to mount a external USB drive automatically
On 05/09/2013 12:27 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: I have never known a usb drive to show up on the desktop without being mounted. Have you looked in /etc/mtab? If so, what does it show? If not, how do you know the drive isn't mounted? I'm running F 17 with Xfce, on two computers and on both, I've told it to mount removable media when inserted. When I plug a flash drive in, on either box, it appears on the desktop, but if I right-click on it, one of the options is to mount it. I can't speak for the OP, but that's how I know they're not mounted. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: How to mount a external USB drive automatically
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 9:53 PM, Anthony li...@cajuntechie.org wrote: I have an external USB drive that is always connected to my computer. When I log in, it shows up on my desktop (unmounted) and all I have to do is click on it to mount it. It mounts to /run/media/anthony/Storage But I want to have it mount automatically for both me (the system admin) and any other users that login to their accounts. I'll then change individual folder permissions for access control. How can I make it mount automatically since it's already showing in its unmounted state on my desktop? Thanks, Anthony -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org Hi Anthony, 1. Mount the drive from your desktop. 2. Check what device was created for the drive. (/var/log/messages, dmesg, mount, /dev/...) 3. Check the UUID of that device, e.g (example from my system) # blkid /dev/sdd1 /dev/sdd1: LABEL=WD10EAVS-EXT4 UUID=960c3a40-2079-4fff-aebb-85f0337f924a TYPE=ext4 # blkid /dev/sdd2 /dev/sdd2: LABEL=WD10EAVS-NTFS UUID=7EE42C26E42BDF61 TYPE=ntfs (I have two partitions on mine) 4. Create a folders for the mount points and make sure they have proper permissions for the users. (see http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-setup-shared-directory/) 5. Modify the /etc/fstab, e.g. # Manually added UUID=960c3a40-2079-4fff-aebb-85f0337f924a /mnt/WD10EAVS-EXT4ext4 defaults1 2 UUID=7EE42C26E42BDF61 /mnt/WD10EAVS-NTFS ntfsdefaults1 2 6. See man fstab and man mount - if you want to find out more details and options 7. You could mount them with acl option and use ACLs for more granular access control. 8. Unmount previously mounted device(s) and run # mount -a # mount to see if the device(s)/partitions will be mounted with no problem from the /etc/fstab. 9. Check the access to the folder(s). 10. If all above is good reboot the system to test. You could create a LUKS device or partition first on that external disk to make it password/key protected, so in case you would lose it no one will be able to mount it without the password/key. # man 8 cryptsetup http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Implementing_LUKS_Disk_Encryption https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Disk_Encryption_User_Guide https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/18/html/Security_Guide/sect-Security_Guide-LUKS_Disk_Encryption.html https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Security_Guide/sect-Security_Guide-LUKS_Disk_Encryption.html I hope this will help. All the best. Kindest regards, Grzegorz -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: How to mount a external USB drive automatically
just by way of a WAG, my usb thumb drive began auto mounting on insert once i labelled the file system on it... YMMV, ... On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Robert Holtzman hol...@cox.net wrote: On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 03:53:07PM -0500, Anthony wrote: I have an external USB drive that is always connected to my computer. When I log in, it shows up on my desktop (unmounted) and all I have to do is click on it to mount it. It mounts to /run/media/anthony/Storage But I want to have it mount automatically for both me (the system admin) and any other users that login to their accounts. I'll then change individual folder permissions for access control. How can I make it mount automatically since it's already showing in its unmounted state on my desktop? I have never known a usb drive to show up on the desktop without being mounted. Have you looked in /etc/mtab? If so, what does it show? If not, how do you know the drive isn't mounted? -- Bob Holtzman If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer. Key ID: 8D549279 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlGL+KMACgkQv5BYD41UknmHTACgvXHa73kzngaI4v3T6wlVaeCp BAAAnilP0S5LgmK+wrCeHde5LvErxXWG =JH8w -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: How to mount a external USB drive automatically
On 05/09/2013 01:51 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: F17, XFCE as well. On my systems, an icon appears on the desktop when the media is inserted--but it is NOT mounted. Have you checked to see if you've set Removable Media to automount? If so, it's not just me, and I may be opening a bug report with Xfce. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: How to mount a external USB drive automatically
On 05/09/2013 04:21 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 05/09/2013 01:51 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: F17, XFCE as well. On my systems, an icon appears on the desktop when the media is inserted--but it is NOT mounted. Have you checked to see if you've set Removable Media to automount? If so, it's not just me, and I may be opening a bug report with Xfce. F18, XFCE, mount removable media is checked. When I plugin my external HD, it shows up on the desktop, unmounted. It's not just you. -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: How to mount a external USB drive automatically
On 05/09/2013 02:27 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 03:53:07PM -0500, Anthony wrote: I have an external USB drive that is always connected to my computer. When I log in, it shows up on my desktop (unmounted) and all I have to do is click on it to mount it. It mounts to /run/media/anthony/Storage But I want to have it mount automatically for both me (the system admin) and any other users that login to their accounts. I'll then change individual folder permissions for access control. How can I make it mount automatically since it's already showing in its unmounted state on my desktop? I have never known a usb drive to show up on the desktop without being mounted. Have you looked in /etc/mtab? If so, what does it show? If not, how do you know the drive isn't mounted? Hmm, very odd. I looked in /etc/fstab and it's just mounting my main, internal drive. No mention of the external drive. I have this situation develop with two drives now: an external USB hard disk and an 8GB flash drive. Both show up on my desktop and are inaccessible to programs (because they are not mounted) and must be clicked on to mount them. I know they aren't mounted because, when I hover over them I see the Not mounted yet statement. Odd huh? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: How to mount a external USB drive automatically
On 05/09/2013 03:03 PM, Anthony wrote: Hmm, very odd. I looked in /etc/fstab and it's just mounting my main, internal drive. No mention of the external drive. External devices don't need to be in /etc/fstab to get mounted. If they did, most people would never be able to mount a flash drive, CD or DVD. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: How to mount a external USB drive automatically
On 05/09/2013 02:31 PM, Steven Stern wrote: F18, XFCE, mount removable media is checked. When I plugin my external HD, it shows up on the desktop, unmounted. I've been doing a little searching at the Xfce support forum. One suggestion was to make sure that thunar was running as a daemon. If not, run this from Run Program: thunar --daemon It didn't work for me, but it might for you. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: How to mount a external USB drive automatically
On 05/09/2013 02:31 PM, Steven Stern wrote: F18, XFCE, mount removable media is checked. When I plugin my external HD, it shows up on the desktop, unmounted. Further searching of the forum shows this: http://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=7149 However, my desktop's version of /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.udisks2.policy doesn't have action id=org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount-other-seat and I don't know enough to be sure where (if anywhere) to modify. However, it seems like a good idea to pass this on because somebody out there will probably know what's needed, now that we have an idea of where to look. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
How to mount a external USB drive automatically
I have an external USB drive that is always connected to my computer. When I log in, it shows up on my desktop (unmounted) and all I have to do is click on it to mount it. It mounts to /run/media/anthony/Storage But I want to have it mount automatically for both me (the system admin) and any other users that login to their accounts. I'll then change individual folder permissions for access control. How can I make it mount automatically since it's already showing in its unmounted state on my desktop? Thanks, Anthony -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
