help with auto run script when usb storage device is plugged in

twon · 06-27-2009, 05:53 PM

Hi all

Im wanting to run a script so that every time i plug in a usb storage device it runs a bash shell script. Im not sure how to go about doing this and could do with help.

Thanks

running open suse 11.1 gnome desktop
2.6.27.23-0.1-default SMP x86_64
on HP hdx16 notebook

David the H. · 06-28-2009, 03:06 AM

If the script is a low-level "config" type thing that should be run as root, then you can use a udev rule to launch it.

If it's a user-level script, then you should be using hal. Probably the easiest way is to use ivman, but I believe it may be possible to set up dedicated policies without it.

twon · 06-30-2009, 03:44 PM

i just need to run a simple bash script that is going to call clamav to run a virus scan on the usb drive.

iv written a udev rule: BUS=="usb", SUBSYSTEM=="input", RUN+="/home/twon/scan.sh"
and saved that as file: 80-autorun.rules in /etc/udev/rules.d but i doesnt seem to be doing much

GrapefruiTgirl · 06-30-2009, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by twon

i just need to run a simple bash script that is going to call clamav to run a virus scan on the usb drive.

iv written a udev rule: BUS=="usb", SUBSYSTEM=="input", RUN+="/home/twon/scan.sh"
and saved that as file: 80-autorun.rules in /etc/udev/rules.d but i doesnt seem to be doing much

I don't think there is enough information here for UDEV to identify the USB device. Also, for a USB storage device, I don't think the SUBSYSTEM should be 'input'

There's a great tutorial on the net (use Google) and also there's one or more here on LQ, which will go a great distance towards showing you how to extract the info you need for a rule, and how to format the rule.

Sasha