auto_mount

Simple daemon for automounting usb drives. It creates a process that reads the output of

udevadm monitor --udev -s block

and if there is a device addition it just runs

udisksctl mount -b device_path

Create a systemd unit

For starting the program at startup and stoping any time you can create a simple systemd service.

Step 1: compile

Inside the project’s folder run

make

Step 2: create links

Create a symbolic link for the program in the /usr/bin folder

ln -s /home/$USER/path_to_project/bin/auto_mount /usr/bin/auto_mount

Also if you want you can create a link for the auto_mount_stop script for killing the daemon

ln -s /home/$USER/path_to_project/scipts/auto_mount_stop /usr/bin/auto_mount_stop

Step 3: create the service file

Inside /etc/systemd/system folder add a file auto_mount@.service and write into it

[Unit]
Description=Auto mount devices
[Service]
User=%I
Type=forking
ExecStart=/usr/bin/auto_mount
ExecStop=/usr/bin/auto_mount_stop
RemainAfterExit=no
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Step 4: enable the service

You can enable the service with

sudo systemctl enable auto_mount@$USER

And whenever you want you can stop it with

sudo systemctl stop auto_mount@$USER