Re: udev auto mount usb disk

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:31:37 +0300, Volkan YAZICI wrote:

> On Fri, 8 Oct 2010, Camaleón writes:
>> On Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:06:12 +0300, Volkan YAZICI wrote:
>>>   # cat /etc/udev/rules.d/89-tosun.rules ACTION=="add",
>>>   ENV{ID_FS_UUID}=="0C98AFAF98AF95AC", RUN+="mount /media/tosun"
>>>   ACTION=="remove", ENV{ID_FS_UUID}=="0C98AFAF98AF95AC", RUN+="umount
>>>   -l /media/tosun"
>>
>> (...)
>>
>> I see no point for that rule. What are you trying to achieve? :-?
> 
> Trying to mount my USB disk to /media/tosun everytime it is plugged in,
> and umount whenever it is unplugged.

USB devices are handled by desktop environment, no need to write rules 
for that. What DE are you using?

In GNOME/KDE as soon as you plug any USB storage device it is 
automatically mounted under "/media/device_label". Likewise, the disk is 
umounted/disconnected as soon as you select "safely disconnect or safely 
remove" from icon desktop context menu or any desktop applet.

But do not mix static mount points (those defined in "/etc/fstab") with 
udev rules neither "/media" mout points to avoid conflicts. Just choose 
what method best suits your needs (the static one -using fstab file and 
manually calling mount/umount as required- or dynamic one -letting udev 
to handle the whole mount/umount process-).

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón