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paulb787

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Registered: 2011-10-22

Posts: 49

Auto-Mountung Ntfs Usb HDD

I am trying to set up udev to automount my externel hdd when i plug it in. i have read the udev tutorial

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Udev

and have set up ntfs-3g and udev rules.

/etc/udev/rules.d/10-my-media-automount.rules

# vim:enc=utf-8:nu:ai:si:et:ts=4:sw=4:ft=udevrules:
#
# /etc/udev/rules.d/10-my-media-automount.rules

# start at sdb to ignore the system hard drive
KERNEL!="sd[b-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}'"

# global mount options
ACTION=="add", ENV{mount_options}="relatime"
# 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},gid=100,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}'"

# exit
LABEL="my_media_automount_end"

when i plug in my ntfs usb harddrive i get a folder  /media/usbhd ** but it is empty. I can manually mount the drive no problem. Also i have a 128mb ntfs usb stick and that works correctly as sdb which is what my externel hdd is assigned to as well (when usb stick is not installed)? any ideas

Thank You
Paul

Last edited by paulb787 (2012-06-01 00:23:00)

Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

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Re: Auto-Mountung Ntfs Usb HDD

why not simply use udisks and a helper like devmon ?

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DarkCerberus

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Re: Auto-Mountung Ntfs Usb HDD

Just to alert you ntfs-3g is listed as "orphan" in the packages section which means it's no-longer maintained. If you still want ntfs-3g to work try going through this page

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NTFS-3G

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paulb787

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Registered: 2011-10-22

Posts: 49

Re: Auto-Mountung Ntfs Usb HDD

kind of had came to come back to this .. What i dont understand is some people tell me i have to have ntfs-3g to mount/write and i am able to do that without ntfs-3g so how is that possible what am i using kernel ntfs? is that better?