On Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 06:18:44PM -0700, Chris Stankevitz wrote > Hello, > > Which package(s) do I need that allow: > > 1. A USB drive is inserted > > 2. The drive is mounted in some location automatically (e.g. /media/usbstick) > > 3. (2) happens even when the drive is an NTFS or FAT32 drive. > > 4. (1)-(3) happens even if I am not running a "GUI"
It can be done with udev rules. See webpage http://www.tuxradar.com/answers/526#null The suggested udev rule is... SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sd[a-h][0-9]", SYMLINK:="removable%n", RUN+="/usr/bin/pmount /dev/removable%n" It sets up devices /dev/removable1, /dev/removable2, etc, depending on the number of partitions on the USB device. The regular user should able to unmount the device with the "pumount" command. I'm not certain, but I believe that regular users need to be members of group "plugdev" to be able to access and unmount the USB drive. Because this is done independantly of the GUI, I don't think it'll set up an icon automatically. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
