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I would like to have my home Ubuntu server automount USB devices. Currently, I mannually write

sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/library

However, I tried to write an Upstart script, start-library.conf in /etc/init, but that did not work. Am I doing something wrong? The contents of that file are:

exec sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/library

I experimented with stanzas as well, such as

script
    sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/library
end script

But that did not work either. Am I missing something in the Upstart template? Or does it just not work because those usb devices haven't loaded yet at the time this script exectutes? Can I do something about that? specify the runlevel? If so, which one? Etc. Idk.

jlanssie
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2 Answers2

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usbmount is the tool to automatically mount and unmount USB mass storage devices.

You can install it like so:

Run in the terminal:

sudo apt update

Then run:

sudo apt install usbmount

Then run:

sudo systemctl restart udev

Done. When a USB storage device is connected, it will be mounted under /media/usb[0-7] and it will be unmounted when disconnected.

Raffa
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I solved my problem by writing a script and executing that script on boot by rc.local:

  1. Script. Change the label "MYUSB" to the label of your usb device.
#!/bin/bash
# FUNCTION: Mount or unmount usb device to library
# ARGUMENTS: none
# AUTHOR: Jeremy Lanssiers
# COPYRIGHT: 2021 GNU
# VERSION: 1.0
# REQUIRES: mount

Check arguments


if [ -z "$1" ] || [[ ( $1 != "mount"  ) && ( $1 != "umount" ) ]]
then
    echo "USAGE: [mount/umount] [device]"
    exit 1
fi


Set variables


DEVICE=$(blkid | egrep -o '/dev/(.*):\ LABEL="MYUSB"')


DEVICE=$(echo $DEVICE | egrep -o '/dev/[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,10}')


LIBRARY=/media/library


Mount or unmount library


if [ $1 = "mount" ]
then
    mount $DEVICE $LIBRARY
    exit 0
fi


if [ $1 = "umount" ]
then
    umount $DEVICE $LIBRARY
    exit 0
fi


exit 1
  1. rc.local
#!/bin/bash
# /etc/rc.local

FUNCTION: execute scripts at startup


ARGUMENTS: none


AUTHOR: jlanssie@gmail.com


COPYRIGHT: 2021 GNU


VERSION: 1.0


REQUIRES: mount


/opt/mount-lib.sh mount


/etc/sysctl.d
/etc/init.d/procps restart


exit 0
jlanssie
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