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.
> 

In my opinion, the automount of ext4 must be allowed when the owner of the usb stick
partition is the same has the logged user. This is exactly what I used to do.
This is relatively secure. Of course it assumes taht the sitck has not been violated by a third party
(like owner usurpation). When I wish to project an USB partition, I encrypt it which is supposed
to be safe by fedora since, it is automounted.


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