> On 6/2/26 8:17 AM, Todd Zullinger wrote: > > Patrick Dupre via users wrote: > >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2026 at 6:53 AM > >>> From: "Samuel Sieb" <[email protected]> > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Subject: Re: "auto mount" > >>> > >>> On 5/30/26 6:08 AM, Patrick Dupre via users wrote: > >>>> I have an external SSD with several partitions. > >>>> After I plugged it, only the fat32 partitions are mounted in > >>>> /run/media/user > >>>> The ext4 partitions are not mounted. > >>>> What can I do to have an automount of a specific (or not) ext4 partition. > >>>> Note that these partition do not show up in the file organizer > >>> > >>> This is intentional. There's a udev rule blocking automount of ext* > >>> partitions. See /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/64-ext4.rules > >>> If you really want to override it, then copy that file to > >>> /etc/udev/rules.d and change the 0 to a 1. > >> > >> Thank Sam. > > > > Keep in mind that this opens you up to various attacks > > (most, if not all, of which require physical access, I > > believe). > > Yes, hence the "evil maid" comment in the rule file. > It's either someone plugging a USB drive into your computer or giving > you one that you plug in. If that's not a threat vector you're > concerned about, then it's fine. >
In my opinion, the automount of ext4 must be allowed when the owner of the usb stick partition is the same has the logged user. This is exactly what I used to do. This is relatively secure. Of course it assumes taht the sitck has not been violated by a third party (like owner usurpation). When I wish to project an USB partition, I encrypt it which is supposed to be safe by fedora since, it is automounted. -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
