# /etc/udev/rules.d/10-my-media-automount.rules # start at sda (no system hard drive in live system) KERNEL!="sd[a-z]*", GOTO="my_media_automount_end" ACTION=="add", PROGRAM!="/sbin/blkid %N", GOTO="my_media_automount_end" # import some useful filesystem info as variables IMPORT{program}="/sbin/blkid -o udev -p %N" # get the label if present, otherwise assign one based on device/partition ENV{ID_FS_LABEL}!="", ENV{dir_name}="%E{ID_FS_LABEL}" ENV{ID_FS_LABEL}=="", ENV{dir_name}="usbhd-%k" # create the dir in /media and symlink it to /mnt ACTION=="add", RUN+="/bin/mkdir -p '/media/%E{dir_name}'" # create a symbolic link to /media/{usb_folder} on desktop #ACTION=="add", RUN+="/bin/ln -s '/media/%E{dir_name}' '/home/aardvark/Desktop/%E{dir_name}'" # global mount options ACTION=="add", ENV{mount_options}="noatime" # filesystem-specific mount options (777/666 dir/file perms for ntfs/vfat) ACTION=="add", ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}=="vfat|ntfs", ENV{mount_options}="$env{mount_options},sync,dmask=000,fmask=111,utf8" # automount ntfs filesystems using ntfs-3g driver ACTION=="add", ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}=="ntfs", RUN+="/bin/mount -t ntfs-3g -o %E{mount_options} /dev/%k '/media/%E{dir_name}'" # automount all other filesystems ACTION=="add", ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}!="ntfs", RUN+="/bin/mount -t auto -o %E{mount_options} /dev/%k '/media/%E{dir_name}'" # clean up after device removal ACTION=="remove", ENV{dir_name}!="", RUN+="/bin/umount -l '/media/%E{dir_name}'", RUN+="/bin/rmdir '/media/%E{dir_name}'" # remove dir in /media ACTION=="remove", RUN+="/bin/rmdir '/media/%E{dir_name}'" # exit LABEL="my_media_automount_end"