[Server-devel] [XSCE] can usbmount auto-mount USB drives?
Adam Holt
holt at laptop.org
Fri Oct 16 14:52:50 EDT 2015
On Oct 16, 2015 2:26 PM, "Jerry Vonau" <me at jvonau.ca> wrote:
>
> I believe it's broken on Fedora 21+ and CentOS-7,
Ominous :)
> I'm investigating but
> have other more pressing matters to deal with.
>
> Jerry
>
> > On October 16, 2015 at 12:44 PM Tony Anderson <tony_anderson at usa.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > In my experience, XS and XSCE, usbmount automounts removable drives in
> > /media/usb0, /media/usb1, ... In that process, it calls scripts included
> > in /etc/usbmount/mount.d. The usb-drive-label is not used.
> >
> > Obviously this could change in later releases of CentOS (and is probably
> > different in Fedora).
> >
> > Tony
> >
> > On 10/16/2015 12:27 PM, Anish Mangal wrote:
> > > If running in graphical.target, the USB drives are supposedly
> > > automounted in /var/run/media/<user>/<usb-drive-label>. Perhaps that
> > > could be a direction to look into?
> > >
> > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 7:40 PM, Tim Moody <tim at timmoody.com
> > > <mailto:tim at timmoody.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > > found docs, but
> > >
> > > on my fedora 22 nuc usb does not automount even though found and
> > > usbmount is enabled and configured for vfat file system
> > >
> > > when I remove, even after umount I get unable to read boot sector
> > > to mark fs as dirty
> > >
> > > I have tried two drives and both exhibit the same behavior even
> > > though both mount on win7 and automount on f20 (albeit with a
> > > complaint about the dirty bit)
> > >
> > > dmesg:
> > >
> > > [73452.564128] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 5 using
> > > xhci_hcd
> > >
> > > [73452.738388] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=13fe,
> > > idProduct=1f00
> > >
> > > [73452.738391] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
> > > SerialNumber=3
> > >
> > > [73452.738393] usb 1-1: Product: DataTraveler 2.0
> > >
> > > [73452.738395] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Kingston
> > >
> > > [73452.738396] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 5B87010000CD
> > >
> > > [73452.738733] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device
> > > detected
> > >
> > > [73452.738846] scsi host3: usb-storage 1-1:1.0
> > >
> > > [73453.741857] scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access Kingston
> > > DataTraveler 2.0 PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
> > >
> > > [73453.742213] sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
> > >
> > > [73454.727127] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 15646720 512-byte logical blocks:
> > > (8.01 GB/7.46 GiB)
> > >
> > > [73454.727291] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
> > >
> > > [73454.727295] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
> > >
> > > [73454.727417] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
> > >
> > > [73454.727443] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write
> > > through
> > >
> > > [73454.728871] sdb: sdb1
> > >
> > > [73454.729614] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
> > >
> > > /etc/usbmount/usbmount.conf
> > >
> > > # Configuration file for the usbmount package, which mounts
> > > removable
> > >
> > > # storage devices when they are plugged in and unmounts them when
> > > they
> > >
> > > # are removed.
> > >
> > > # Change to zero to disable usbmount
> > >
> > > ENABLED=1
> > >
> > > # Mountpoints: These directories are eligible as mointpoints for
> > >
> > > # removable storage devices. A newly plugged in device is mounted
> > > on
> > >
> > > # the first directory in this list that exists and on which
nothing
> > > is
> > >
> > > # mounted yet.
> > >
> > > MOUNTPOINTS="/media/usb0 /media/usb1 /media/usb2 /media/usb3
> > >
> > > /media/usb4 /media/usb5 /media/usb6 /media/usb7"
> > >
> > > # Filesystem types: removable storage devices are only mounted if
> > > they
> > >
> > > # contain a filesystem type which is in this list.
> > >
> > > FILESYSTEMS="vfat ext2 ext3 ext4 hfsplus"
> > >
> > >
> > >
#############################################################################
> > >
> > > # WARNING! #
> > >
> > > # #
> > >
> > > # The "sync" option may not be a good choice to use with flash
> > > drives, as #
> > >
> > > # it forces a greater amount of writing operating on the drive.
> > > This makes #
> > >
> > > # the writing speed considerably lower and also leads to a faster
> > > wear out #
> > >
> > > # of the disk. #
> > >
> > > # #
> > >
> > > # If you omit it, don't forget to use the command "sync" to
> > > synchronize the #
> > >
> > > # data on your disk before removing the drive or you may
> > > experience data #
> > >
> > > # loss. #
> > >
> > > # #
> > >
> > > # It is highly recommended that you use the pumount command (as a
> > > regular #
> > >
> > > # user) before unplugging the device. It makes calling the "sync"
> > > command #
> > >
> > > # and mounting with the sync option unnecessary---this is similar
> > > to other #
> > >
> > > # operating system's "safely disconnect the device"
> > > option. #
> > >
> > >
> > >
#############################################################################
> > >
> > > # Mount options: Options passed to the mount command with the -o
> > > flag.
> > >
> > > # See the warning above regarding removing "sync" from the
options.
> > >
> > > MOUNTOPTIONS="sync,noexec,nodev,noatime,nodiratime"
> > >
> > > # Filesystem type specific mount options: This variable contains a
> > > space
> > >
> > > # separated list of strings, each which the form
> > > "-fstype=TYPE,OPTIONS".
> > >
> > > #
> > >
> > > # If a filesystem with a type listed here is mounted, the
> > > corresponding
> > >
> > > # options are appended to those specificed in the MOUNTOPTIONS
> > > variable.
> > >
> > > #
> > >
> > > # For example, "-fstype=vfat,gid=floppy,dmask=0007,fmask=0117"
> > > would add
> > >
> > > # the options "gid=floppy,dmask=0007,fmask=0117" when a vfat
> > > filesystem
> > >
> > > # is mounted.
> > >
> > > FS_MOUNTOPTIONS=""
> > >
> > > # If set to "yes", more information will be logged via the syslog
> > >
> > > # facility.
> > >
> > > VERBOSE=no
> > >
> > > If I mount manually I get
> > >
> > > /dev/sdb1 on /media/usb0 type vfat
> > >
> > >
(rw,relatime,sync,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
> > >
> > > *From:*xsce-devel at googlegroups.com
> > > <mailto:xsce-devel at googlegroups.com>
> > > [mailto:xsce-devel at googlegroups.com
> > > <mailto:xsce-devel at googlegroups.com>] *On Behalf Of *Adam Holt
> > > *Sent:* Friday, October 16, 2015 8:43 AM
> > > *To:* server-devel <server-devel at lists.laptop.org
> > > <mailto:server-devel at lists.laptop.org>>; xsce-devel
> > > <xsce-devel at googlegroups.com <mailto:xsce-devel at googlegroups.com>>
> > > *Subject:* [XSCE] can usbmount auto-mount USB drives?
> > >
> > > What's the best way to arrange for a teacher's USB drive to be
> > > auto-mounted, so that her/his content is "instantly" displayed on
> > > a school server during that hour's lesson, completely hassle-free?
> > >
> > > <timm> ok, I give up. how do I substitute a process to run when a
> > > usb drive gets mounted, presumably with usbmount?
> > > <timm> am I modifying
/etc/usbmount/mount.d/01_create_label_symlink
> > > <timm> or creating an 02_...
> > >
> > > (Excerpt from #schoolserver on http://webchat.freenode.net)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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