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Trying to use udev to auto mount usb drive

I am trying to get Ubuntu to automatically mount my attache USB drive using udev.

After inserting the drive, I expect to see the name "attache" (based on the rule) in the /dev directory, but I get nothing. However, I can mount the drive manually using the /dev/sda1 device.

Any suggestions?

This is my /etc/udev/rules.d/86-local.rules file:

BUS="usb", SYSFS{serial}="0E506950402358AB", SYSFS{model}="USB Flash Memory", NAME="attache", SYMLINK="attache-lnk"

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This is the output of: uname -a
Linux lepton 2.6.17-10-generic #2 SMP Fri Oct 13 18:45:35 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

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This is my Distro:
Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-10-generic

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This is the output of: udevinfo -a -p /block/sda/sda1

udevinfo starts with the device the node belongs to and then walks up the
device chain, to print for every device found, all possibly useful attributes
in the udev key format.
Only attributes within one device section may be used together in one rule,
to match the device for which the node will be created.

looking at device '/block/sda/sda1':
KERNEL=="sda1"
SUBSYSTEM=="block"
SYSFS{stat}==" 192 1536 0 0"
SYSFS{size}=="1001440"
SYSFS{start}=="32"
SYSFS{dev}=="8:1"

looking at device '/block/sda':
ID=="sda"
BUS=="block"
DRIVER==""
SYSFS{stat}==" 110 87 1576 252 0 0 0 0 0 252 252"
SYSFS{size}=="1001472"
SYSFS{removable}=="1"
SYSFS{range}=="16"
SYSFS{dev}=="8:0"

looking at device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-5/4-5:1.0/host12/target12:0:0/12:0:0:0':
ID=="12:0:0:0"
BUS=="scsi"
DRIVER=="sd"
SYSFS{ioerr_cnt}=="0x2"
SYSFS{iodone_cnt}=="0x416"
SYSFS{iorequest_cnt}=="0x416"
SYSFS{iocounterbits}=="32"
SYSFS{timeout}=="30"
SYSFS{state}=="running"
SYSFS{rev}=="1.04"
SYSFS{model}=="USB Flash Memory"
SYSFS{vendor}==" "
SYSFS{scsi_level}=="3"
SYSFS{type}=="0"
SYSFS{queue_type}=="none"
SYSFS{queue_depth}=="1"
SYSFS{device_blocked}=="0"
SYSFS{max_sectors}=="240"

looking at device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-5/4-5:1.0/host12/target12:0:0':
ID=="target12:0:0"
BUS==""
DRIVER==""

looking at device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-5/4-5:1.0/host12':
ID=="host12"
BUS==""
DRIVER==""

looking at device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-5/4-5:1.0':
ID=="4-5:1.0"
BUS=="usb"
DRIVER=="usb-storage"
SYSFS{modalias}=="usb:v0930p6533d0100dc00dsc00dp00ic08isc06ip50"
SYSFS{bInterfaceProtocol}=="50"
SYSFS{bInterfaceSubClass}=="06"
SYSFS{bInterfaceClass}=="08"
SYSFS{bNumEndpoints}=="03"
SYSFS{bAlternateSetting}==" 0"
SYSFS{bInterfaceNumber}=="00"

looking at device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-5':
ID=="4-5"
BUS=="usb"
DRIVER=="usb"
SYSFS{configuration}==""
SYSFS{serial}=="0E506950402358AB"
SYSFS{product}=="USB Flash Memory"
SYSFS{maxchild}=="0"
SYSFS{version}==" 2.00"
SYSFS{devnum}=="15"
SYSFS{speed}=="480"
SYSFS{bMaxPacketSize0}=="64"
SYSFS{bNumConfigurations}=="1"
SYSFS{bDeviceProtocol}=="00"
SYSFS{bDeviceSubClass}=="00"
SYSFS{bDeviceClass}=="00"
SYSFS{bcdDevice}=="0100"
SYSFS{idProduct}=="6533"
SYSFS{idVendor}=="0930"
SYSFS{bMaxPower}=="200mA"
SYSFS{bmAttributes}=="80"
SYSFS{bConfigurationValue}=="1"
SYSFS{bNumInterfaces}==" 1"

looking at device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4':
ID=="usb4"
BUS=="usb"
DRIVER=="usb"
SYSFS{configuration}==""
SYSFS{serial}=="0000:00:10.3"
SYSFS{product}=="EHCI Host Controller"
SYSFS{manufacturer}=="Linux 2.6.17-10-generic ehci_hcd"
SYSFS{maxchild}=="6"
SYSFS{version}==" 2.00"
SYSFS{devnum}=="1"
SYSFS{speed}=="480"
SYSFS{bMaxPacketSize0}=="64"
SYSFS{bNumConfigurations}=="1"
SYSFS{bDeviceProtocol}=="01"
SYSFS{bDeviceSubClass}=="00"
SYSFS{bDeviceClass}=="09"
SYSFS{bcdDevice}=="0206"
SYSFS{idProduct}=="0000"
SYSFS{idVendor}=="0000"
SYSFS{bMaxPower}==" 0mA"
SYSFS{bmAttributes}=="e0"
SYSFS{bConfigurationValue}=="1"
SYSFS{bNumInterfaces}==" 1"

looking at device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3':
ID=="0000:00:10.3"
BUS=="pci"
DRIVER=="ehci_hcd"
SYSFS{modalias}=="pci:v00001106d00003104sv00001106sd00003104bc0Csc03i20"
SYSFS{local_cpus}=="ff"
SYSFS{irq}=="169"
SYSFS{class}=="0x0c0320"
SYSFS{subsystem_device}=="0x3104"
SYSFS{subsystem_vendor}=="0x1106"
SYSFS{device}=="0x3104"
SYSFS{vendor}=="0x1106"

looking at device '/devices/pci0000:00':
ID=="pci0000:00"
BUS==""
DRIVER==""

AFAIK udev does not mount a USB device. It detects it, gives it a standard device name and assigns a major and minor number to it.

To mount a USB device automatically use /etc/fstab

To check a USB device detected at a hardware level use root console command "fdisk -l"

To mount a USB device sdb1 manually, make a directory in /mnt by "mkdir /mnt/sdb1" and mount it by "mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1" in root console.

A USB device can only be mounted after it has been formatted.

I think I used the wrong terminology. I didn't mean that I'm expecting udev to mount the device (though that is what I said, isn't it). I mean, udev is not assigning the device name that I am asking it to. Based on the rule I show below, I'm expecting the name "attache" to be listed, rather than /dev/sda1. (Or maybe in addition to?)

Just out of curiosity why you think Linux must call it "attache" and not /dev/sda1?

There are thousands USB devices out there and the drivers in Linux is always generic. Remember you don't need to feed a manufacturer's driver to a Linux in such case.

To Linux your USB device is just a block device. Do you have a problem using it? or rather to mount it on /attache in the filing system after making the directory /attache? Although generally one would mount it as /mnt/attache.

When you are actually working files in the device the /dev/<whatever name> is not used.

I don't so much care what the device is named. I realize I can name the symlink to the device whatever I want and use that to mount the drive. In this case, I was just naming the device for practice and using a name that sticks out. After a LOT of digging, I found that my rules had a plethora of syntax errors. So, I fixed them and it works now.

Thanks for the help, though!

Just for posterity, here's my "newer and better" rules:

#PNY Attache USB drive
KERNEL=="sd[a-z]1", SYSFS{serial}=="0E506950402358AB", SYSFS{product}=="USB Flash Memory", NAME="%k", SYMLINK+="usb/attache"
KERNEL=="sd[a-z]1", SYSFS{serial}=="0E506950402358AB", SYSFS{product}=="USB Flash Memory", RUN+="/root/usbbeep"
#ATP Petito USB drive
SYSFS{size}=="2012160", NAME="%k", SYMLINK+="usb/petito"
SYSFS{size}=="2012160", RUN+="/root/usbbeep2"

The Petito is strange. When it's plugged in, two "sd" devices show up. So, the only unique attribute I could find between the two was the SYSFS{size} attribute. I've never seen that before.

I solved the same problem you did, but (I hope) in a more generic way that is not relying on a particular device type. Here's how I did it:

Find an existing udev rule that is launched after the your usb partition node is created. For me, the rule was in /etc/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules, and it looked like this:

Code:

ENV{DEVTYPE}=="partition", IMPORT{program}="vol_id --export $tempnode"

Modify the rule to run mount/unmount scripts of your choosing, like
this:

Code:

ENV{DEVTYPE}=="partition", IMPORT{program}="vol_id --export $tempnode", RUN+="/lib/udev/usb_mount", ENV{REMOVE_CMD}="/lib/udev/usb_unmount"

Write the mount/unmount scripts. Here is my /lib/udev/usb_mount script:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

[ "$ACTION" = "add" -a "$DEVTYPE" = "partition" -a "$ID_BUS" = "usb" ] || exit 0

MNTDIR=/mnt/auto/${DEVNAME##/dev/}

chown root:usb "$DEVNAME"

chmod 0660 "$DEVNAME"

mkdir $MNTDIR

/bin/mount -t $ID_FS_TYPE  $DEVNAME $MNTDIR -o noatime,noexec,nosuid,nodev,nodiratime,nosuid,rw,umask=0,dmask=0,fmask=111,uid=65534,gid=65534

... and here is my /lib/udev/usb_unmount script:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

[ "$ACTION" = "remove" ] && (grep -q "^$DEVNAME" /proc/mounts || grep -q "^$DEVNAME" /etc/mtab) || exit 0

/bin/umount -l "$DEVNAME"

rmdir /mnt/auto/${DEVNAME##/dev/}