Disable Automounting

paldebojyoti · 08-18-2009, 03:00 AM

Hi,

I am using Ubuntu 8.10, where I want to disable auto mounting of any USB Mass storage device when it is getting inserted. Could you please tell me how to do that?
Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Deb

timvandijk039 · 08-18-2009, 03:15 AM

check this link on ubuntuforums :
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=13692

paldebojyoti · 08-18-2009, 04:57 AM

Hi,
Thanks a lot, but this is not working for me. I did the following:
1) gconf-editor
2) go to apps > nautilus > preferences.
3) Uncheck the "media_automount" option.
But after that, if I insert the USB pendrive, still it is auto mounted.
What I didn't do is restarting the system.

Regards,
Deb

catkin · 08-18-2009, 05:17 AM

Can you reboot and then try?

You may have some luck with this command as root, substituting an appropriate value for <usb device name>

Code:

hal-disable-polling --device /dev/<usb device name>

If that doesn't work you can try this method, tested on 8.04. It disables automounting of all removable media so you may want to tweak it a bit to disable USB automounts only. It comes from this page. Edit /etc/hal/fdi/policy/preferences.fdi, adding this section

Code:

<!-- 
Prevent automount 
--> 

  <device> 
    <match key="storage.policy.should_mount" bool="true"> 
      <merge key="storage.policy.should_mount" type="bool">false</merge> 
    </match> 
    <match key="storage.automount_enabled_hint" bool="true"> 
      <merge key="storage.automount_enabled_hint" type="bool">false</merge> 
    </match> 
      <match key="storage.media_check_enabled" bool="true"> 
        <merge key="storage.media_check_enabled" type="bool">false</merge> 
    </match> 
      <match key="volume.policy.should_mount" bool="true"> 
        <merge key="volume.policy.should_mount" type="bool">false</merge> 
    </match> 
      <match key="volume.ignore" bool="false"> 
        <merge key="volume.ignore" type="bool">true</merge> 
    </match> 
  </device>

jschiwal · 08-18-2009, 05:21 AM

Run polkit-gnome-authorization.

For the org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable change the policy for "console" from "yes" to "no".

paldebojyoti · 08-18-2009, 06:46 AM

Hi catkin,

Thanks a lot. I change the /etc/hal/fdi/policy/preferences.fdi and add the following:
<device>
<match key="storage.hotpluggable" bool="true">
<match key="storage.removable" bool="true">
<merge key="storage.automount_enabled_hint" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</match>
</device>
It works fine. Thanks again.

I did the same in Fedora, but there it is not working. Any idea?

Regards,
Deb

catkin · 08-18-2009, 08:34 AM

Thanks for letting us know what you did and that it worked.

Sorry, no idea about Fedora