Re: "auto mount"

On 6/2/26 8:17 AM, Todd Zullinger wrote:
> Patrick Dupre via users wrote:
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2026 at 6:53 AM
>>> From: "Samuel Sieb" <[email protected]>
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: "auto mount"
>>>
>>> On 5/30/26 6:08 AM, Patrick Dupre via users wrote:
>>>> I have an external SSD with several partitions.
>>>> After I plugged it, only the fat32 partitions are mounted in /run/media/user
>>>> The ext4 partitions are not mounted.
>>>> What can I do to have an automount of a specific (or not) ext4 partition.
>>>> Note that these partition do not show up in the file organizer
>>>
>>> This is intentional.  There's a udev rule blocking automount of ext*
>>> partitions.  See /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/64-ext4.rules
>>> If you really want to override it, then copy that file to
>>> /etc/udev/rules.d and change the 0 to a 1.
>>
>> Thank Sam.
> 
> Keep in mind that this opens you up to various attacks
> (most, if not all, of which require physical access, I
> believe).

Yes, hence the "evil maid" comment in the rule file.
It's either someone plugging a USB drive into your computer or giving 
you one that you plug in.  If that's not a threat vector you're 
concerned about, then it's fine.

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