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On Wednesday, 10 June 2020 07:59:19 BST Dale wrote: |
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> Howdy, |
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> Same topic just new question. I use KDE and am wanting to have it so |
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> the Device Notifier will allow me to mount the drive when I turn it on. |
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I probably missed in earlier threads, but is this is an externally powered USB |
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device? |
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> So far, I got it set up and when I turn the drive on and click for it to |
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> mount it, it asks me for a password. |
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Where do you "click for it"? |
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> I type in the password but it mounts it to the wrong place. |
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Please define "wrong place". |
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> If I do it on the command line, it works as expected. |
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What is expected? |
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> I have it set up in dmcrypt and fstab. So, command line |
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> works, KDE's Device Notifier doesn't. |
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For the avoidance of doubt: |
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"command line" = /bin/mount |
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"KDE's Device Notifier" = /usr/bin/udisksctl |
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There is a difference between the two: |
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$ ls -la /bin/mount |
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-rws--x--x 1 root root 56360 May 11 00:25 /bin/mount |
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$ ls -la /usr/bin/udisksctl |
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-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60496 Nov 23 2019 /usr/bin/udisksctl |
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You run mount as root with temporarily elevated privileges and operate on |
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devices directly via the kernel, but can only mount such block devices if they |
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have a corresponding /etc/fstab entry - unless you are root. |
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You run udisksctl as plain user - it is a userspace command which operates on |
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the udisks daemon to manipulate mountable devices via D-Bus. The default |
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mountpoint by udisksctl is under /run/media/<user_name>/LABEL |
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> It tells me I don't have |
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> permission to access but it also mounts it in the wrong place. I |
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> suspect it mounting it in the wrong place leads to the permissions |
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> error. It mounts under /run. I want it mounted under /home. |
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You may be able to achieve this via udev rules for the specific UUID of the |
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disk, or perhaps via a symlink from /home to the /run mountpoint. I haven't |
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tested this, but you could give it a spin and see what you get. |
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PS. You can ignore my earlier questions, no need to answer them. The |
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structure of your message was perhaps back to front to assist my |
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understanding. :-) |
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