How to mount a external USB drive automatically

[Jack Craig]

just by way of a WAG, my usb thumb drive began auto mounting on insert once
i labelled the file system on it...

YMMV, ...


On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Robert Holtzman <holtzm at cox.net> wrote:

> On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 03:53:07PM -0500, Anthony wrote:
> > I have an external USB drive that is always connected to my computer.
> > When I log in, it shows up on my desktop (unmounted) and all I have to
> > do is click on it to mount it. It mounts to
> >
> > /run/media/anthony/Storage
> >
> > But I want to have it mount automatically for both me (the system admin)
> > and any other users that login to their accounts. I'll then change
> > individual folder permissions for access control.
> >
> > How can I make it mount automatically since it's already showing in its
> > unmounted state on my desktop?
>
> I have never known a usb drive to show up on the desktop without being
> mounted. Have you looked in /etc/mtab? If so, what does it show? If
> not, how do you know the drive isn't mounted?
>
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