Re: Run script on USB thumb drive connection

Bill Moseley <moseley@xxxxxxxx> writes:

It's still getting mounted by gnome (I assume) after the script runs.
That's the part I'm wondering about -- how to stop that from happening
for this specific thumb drive.

I use the following to stop auto-mounting of my hot-swap backup hard
drives:

I have created the file /etc/hal/fdi/policy with the following contents:

Adjust the UUIDs for your case.

---8<---
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- -*- SGML -*- -->

<!--
System policy to not automount the backup disks.
-->
<deviceinfo version="0.2">

<!-- Backup disc 1 - Seagate ST3160811AS 7200.9 160GB -->
<device>
<match key="volume.uuid" string="854a1d9e-916d-46af-9ba3-ae0fab3644ab">
<merge key="volume.ignore" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>

<!-- Backup disc 2 - Seagate ST3160811AS 7200.9 160GB -->
<device>
<match key="volume.uuid" string="cd630507-37dd-46e8-9bdd-33fdbd0edf42">
<merge key="volume.ignore" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>

</deviceinfo>
---8<---



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