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Upstart to automount USB in Ubuntu Server 20.04

rated 0 times [ -1] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 6298 / 2 Years ago, thu, march 10, 2022, 12:17:33

I would like to have my home Ubuntu server automount USB devices.
Currently, I mannually write

sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/library

However, I tried to write an Upstart script, start-library.conf in /etc/init, but that did not work. Am I doing something wrong? The contents of that file are:

exec sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/library

I experimented with stanzas as well, such as

script

    sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/library

end script

But that did not work either.
Am I missing something in the Upstart template? Or does it just not work because those usb devices haven't loaded yet at the time this script exectutes? Can I do something about that? specify the runlevel? If so, which one? Etc. Idk.

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answered 2 Years ago landarre · Accepted Answer

I solved my problem by writing a script and executing that script on boot by rc.local:

Script. Change the label "MYUSB" to the label of your usb device.

#!/bin/bash

# FUNCTION: Mount or unmount usb device to library

# ARGUMENTS: none

# AUTHOR: Jeremy Lanssiers

# COPYRIGHT: 2021 GNU

# VERSION: 1.0

# REQUIRES: mount



# Check arguments



if [ -z "$1" ] || [[ ( $1 != "mount"  ) && ( $1 != "umount" ) ]]

then

    echo "USAGE: [mount/umount] [device]"

    exit 1

fi



# Set variables



DEVICE=$(blkid | egrep -o '/dev/(.*): LABEL="MYUSB"')



DEVICE=$(echo $DEVICE | egrep -o '/dev/[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,10}')



LIBRARY=/media/library



# Mount or unmount library



if [ $1 = "mount" ]

then

    mount $DEVICE $LIBRARY

    exit 0

fi



if [ $1 = "umount" ]

then

    umount $DEVICE $LIBRARY

    exit 0

fi



exit 1

rc.local

#!/bin/bash

# /etc/rc.local



# FUNCTION: execute scripts at startup

# ARGUMENTS: none

# AUTHOR: [email protected]

# COPYRIGHT: 2021 GNU

# VERSION: 1.0

# REQUIRES: mount



/opt/mount-lib.sh mount



/etc/sysctl.d

/etc/init.d/procps restart



exit 0