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ngoonee

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[solved: udevil + devmon]autofs by label?

*    -fstype=vfat,sync,uid=1000       :/dev/sd&

Assuming auto.master has specified the base folder /media, the above works to put /dev/sdb1 into /media/b1 and so on and so forth (/dev/sdb8 into /media/b8).

However, I'd like to be able to do something similar but using the labels (/dev/disk/by-label). So something along the lines of:-

*    -fstype=vfat,sync,uid=1000      :/dev/disk/by-label/&

Which would mount any vfat USB drives as /media/<label> (I think).

Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to work. Any other way to do it? Don't mind switching to systemd's autofs if it'll solve it. The main thing is I do not want to have to pre-specify a certain list of drives (I already know how to do that in /etc/fstab for systemd and in /etc/autofs for autofs), I'd like it to be dynamic.

Thanks!

Last edited by ngoonee (2013-06-24 05:38:45)

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ngoonee

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Re: [solved: udevil + devmon]autofs by label?

Anyone has any idea? I used to just use udiskie but its unmaintained now.

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WonderWoofy

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Re: [solved: udevil + devmon]autofs by label?

I don't fully understand what you mean when you say

The main thing is I do not want to have to pre-specify a certain list of drives (I already know how to do that in /etc/fstab for systemd and in /etc/autofs for autofs), I'd like it to be dynamic.

Can you explain more precisely what it is you are trying to achieve.  From what I have read here, I am thinking that you would use systemd's autofs functionality... except  I don't really get this part.

skanky

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Re: [solved: udevil + devmon]autofs by label?

If it's just USB drives, you could look at ldm?

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anonymous_user

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Re: [solved: udevil + devmon]autofs by label?

How about udevil?

ngoonee

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Re: [solved: udevil + devmon]autofs by label?

Can you explain more precisely what it is you are trying to achieve.  From what I have read here, I am thinking that you would use systemd's autofs functionality... except  I don't really get this part.

If I plugin a USB drive with a label TEST it should get mounted at /media/TEST

Right now the autofs solution above just mounts it at /media/b1 (if this is the first USB drive plugged in).

If I then plugin another USB drive with label DATA it should get mounted at /media/DATA rather than /media/c1

And anonymous_user, udevil is manual rather than automatic. Manual I'll just use sudo (that's what I'm currently doing while figuring this out) mount.

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WonderWoofy

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Re: [solved: udevil + devmon]autofs by label?

Thank ngoonee, that makes total sense.  Udevil is manual unless you start the devmon service.  Then it automounts.

ngoonee

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Re: [solved: udevil + devmon]autofs by label?

Ah did not know about devmon. Will give that a try sometime today. Thanks WonderWoofy.

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ngoonee

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Re: [solved: udevil + devmon]autofs by label?

And having finally found the time, devmon seems to do exactly as required. Thanks WonderWoofy. Marked [solved]

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