On Sun 20 Nov 2016 at 13:58:04 +0000, Joe wrote: > I'm running sid with systemd, with absolutely nothing in /etc/fstab > which refers to USB sticks, but nonetheless any USB stick inserted is > recognised and automounted under /media/joe (maybe immediately and maybe > on access, I'm not sure, but it shows instantly in file managers) with > everything in a FAT partition having ownership of joe:me and > permissions of 644. Ext partitions have their own permissions, as > expected.
This is done through the agency of the udisks2 daemon and gvfs. -- Brian.