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Old 07-14-2011, 01:12 PM   #1
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Disabling USB automount (KDE)


When I plug in a removable device, KDE automounts it, but I prefer to do this manually (also perhaps not liking the idea that any user could plug a device in and have it mounted). I've searched around and looked at KDE -> System Settings -> Removable Devices, and "Enable automatic mounting of removable devices" is already unchecked.

Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks

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Old 07-14-2011, 02:19 PM   #2
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Look through the udev rules in /etc/udev. Find the rule that automounts usb devices and comment out the rule. I recommend comment out rather that edit out, just in case something comes up later and you want to use that rule again.
 
Old 07-14-2011, 05:07 PM   #3
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When I plug in a removable device, KDE automounts it, but I prefer to do this manually (also perhaps not liking the idea that any user could plug a device in and have it mounted). I've searched around and looked at KDE -> System Settings -> Removable Devices, and "Enable automatic mounting of removable devices" is already unchecked.

Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks
I had the reverse problem and the solution was to *include* the 'plugdev' group in my user profile.

Maybe *excluding* the 'plugdev' from your user profile will do it.
 
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I had the reverse problem and the solution was to *include* the 'plugdev' group in my user profile.

Maybe *excluding* the 'plugdev' from your user profile will do it.
That did it. I didn't realize at the time that only users in the "plugdev" group were allowed to use removable devices. As far as the notifications, it was just a matter of tweaking KDE's widgets.

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