How to stop auto mounting of devices in Ubuntu?
I have an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS desktop system that I use to rescue disk drives (using dd or ddrescue). Whenever I plug in a disk drive it is automatically mounted and shown in the file manager.
I don't want this because I am afraid of the disk to be rescued is modified by the mounting process. It is me who decides if and when that disk is mounted, and not some OS function.
Surprisingly I could not find a setting to deactivate the auto-mount function. Some solutions suggest to enter the affected partitions in /etc/fstab and disable mounting there, however as each disk drives to be rescued may have different partitions this is not going to work in my case.
Please advise how to fully disable the auto mount feature of Ubuntu.
ubuntu debian filesystems automounting
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I have an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS desktop system that I use to rescue disk drives (using dd or ddrescue). Whenever I plug in a disk drive it is automatically mounted and shown in the file manager.
I don't want this because I am afraid of the disk to be rescued is modified by the mounting process. It is me who decides if and when that disk is mounted, and not some OS function.
Surprisingly I could not find a setting to deactivate the auto-mount function. Some solutions suggest to enter the affected partitions in /etc/fstab and disable mounting there, however as each disk drives to be rescued may have different partitions this is not going to work in my case.
Please advise how to fully disable the auto mount feature of Ubuntu.
ubuntu debian filesystems automounting
migrated from serverfault.com Dec 30 '16 at 8:40
This question came from our site for system and network administrators.
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Good question, but I don't think it belongs on Server Fault. Would be a better fit for Ask Ubuntu or Unix & Linux. I have voted to migrate the question.
– kasperd
Dec 11 '16 at 19:24
I'd suggest you gogle forlinux forensic distributionthere are better choices for your task. For ubuntu a search for dsiable automount gets you some hits.
– LotPings
Dec 11 '16 at 22:44
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I have an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS desktop system that I use to rescue disk drives (using dd or ddrescue). Whenever I plug in a disk drive it is automatically mounted and shown in the file manager.
I don't want this because I am afraid of the disk to be rescued is modified by the mounting process. It is me who decides if and when that disk is mounted, and not some OS function.
Surprisingly I could not find a setting to deactivate the auto-mount function. Some solutions suggest to enter the affected partitions in /etc/fstab and disable mounting there, however as each disk drives to be rescued may have different partitions this is not going to work in my case.
Please advise how to fully disable the auto mount feature of Ubuntu.
ubuntu debian filesystems automounting
I have an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS desktop system that I use to rescue disk drives (using dd or ddrescue). Whenever I plug in a disk drive it is automatically mounted and shown in the file manager.
I don't want this because I am afraid of the disk to be rescued is modified by the mounting process. It is me who decides if and when that disk is mounted, and not some OS function.
Surprisingly I could not find a setting to deactivate the auto-mount function. Some solutions suggest to enter the affected partitions in /etc/fstab and disable mounting there, however as each disk drives to be rescued may have different partitions this is not going to work in my case.
Please advise how to fully disable the auto mount feature of Ubuntu.
ubuntu debian filesystems automounting
ubuntu debian filesystems automounting
asked Dec 11 '16 at 16:38
nn4l
migrated from serverfault.com Dec 30 '16 at 8:40
This question came from our site for system and network administrators.
migrated from serverfault.com Dec 30 '16 at 8:40
This question came from our site for system and network administrators.
1
Good question, but I don't think it belongs on Server Fault. Would be a better fit for Ask Ubuntu or Unix & Linux. I have voted to migrate the question.
– kasperd
Dec 11 '16 at 19:24
I'd suggest you gogle forlinux forensic distributionthere are better choices for your task. For ubuntu a search for dsiable automount gets you some hits.
– LotPings
Dec 11 '16 at 22:44
add a comment |
1
Good question, but I don't think it belongs on Server Fault. Would be a better fit for Ask Ubuntu or Unix & Linux. I have voted to migrate the question.
– kasperd
Dec 11 '16 at 19:24
I'd suggest you gogle forlinux forensic distributionthere are better choices for your task. For ubuntu a search for dsiable automount gets you some hits.
– LotPings
Dec 11 '16 at 22:44
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1
Good question, but I don't think it belongs on Server Fault. Would be a better fit for Ask Ubuntu or Unix & Linux. I have voted to migrate the question.
– kasperd
Dec 11 '16 at 19:24
Good question, but I don't think it belongs on Server Fault. Would be a better fit for Ask Ubuntu or Unix & Linux. I have voted to migrate the question.
– kasperd
Dec 11 '16 at 19:24
I'd suggest you gogle for
linux forensic distribution there are better choices for your task. For ubuntu a search for dsiable automount gets you some hits.– LotPings
Dec 11 '16 at 22:44
I'd suggest you gogle for
linux forensic distribution there are better choices for your task. For ubuntu a search for dsiable automount gets you some hits.– LotPings
Dec 11 '16 at 22:44
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So you want to recover disks without messing with their contents. Yes, mounting their filesystems will increment counters, and possibly damage an already damaged filesystem.
In this case you can't just run dd on a disk to prevent this from happening, because by the time you plug it in that system has already automatically mounted it. You will be using the new udisks system to auto-mount new volumes based on udev events. You can turn this functionality off entirely in your GUI.
Within "Settings" > "Removable Drives and Media": uncheck all of the "removable storage" boxes. This should disable the feature entirely.
answered Dec 11 '16 at 17:39
Spooler
1765
I can't find the "Settings" > "Removable Drives and Media" dialog you are mentioning. My Ubuntu system has a "System Settings" dialog but that page does not have a "Removable Drives and Media" dialog. I found a "Details" program having a "Removable Media" dialog but the "removable storage" check boxes do not exist.
– nn4l
Dec 11 '16 at 19:05
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The core of the automount system is probably the udisks system. The daemon process should be udisksd and the systemd service might be udisks2.service (at least on my Debian 9; the name might vary on Ubuntu).
Once you stop that service (e.g. with systemctl stop udisks2.service) the GUI session should be unable to auto-mount anything.
To make sure any other service does not reactivate it, you could mask it: systemctl mask udisks2.service.
answered Apr 18 at 7:03
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So you want to recover disks without messing with their contents. Yes, mounting their filesystems will increment counters, and possibly damage an already damaged filesystem.
In this case you can't just run dd on a disk to prevent this from happening, because by the time you plug it in that system has already automatically mounted it. You will be using the new udisks system to auto-mount new volumes based on udev events. You can turn this functionality off entirely in your GUI.
Within "Settings" > "Removable Drives and Media": uncheck all of the "removable storage" boxes. This should disable the feature entirely.
answered Dec 11 '16 at 17:39
Spooler
1765
I can't find the "Settings" > "Removable Drives and Media" dialog you are mentioning. My Ubuntu system has a "System Settings" dialog but that page does not have a "Removable Drives and Media" dialog. I found a "Details" program having a "Removable Media" dialog but the "removable storage" check boxes do not exist.
– nn4l
Dec 11 '16 at 19:05
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So you want to recover disks without messing with their contents. Yes, mounting their filesystems will increment counters, and possibly damage an already damaged filesystem.
In this case you can't just run dd on a disk to prevent this from happening, because by the time you plug it in that system has already automatically mounted it. You will be using the new udisks system to auto-mount new volumes based on udev events. You can turn this functionality off entirely in your GUI.
Within "Settings" > "Removable Drives and Media": uncheck all of the "removable storage" boxes. This should disable the feature entirely.
answered Dec 11 '16 at 17:39
Spooler
1765
I can't find the "Settings" > "Removable Drives and Media" dialog you are mentioning. My Ubuntu system has a "System Settings" dialog but that page does not have a "Removable Drives and Media" dialog. I found a "Details" program having a "Removable Media" dialog but the "removable storage" check boxes do not exist.
– nn4l
Dec 11 '16 at 19:05
add a comment |
So you want to recover disks without messing with their contents. Yes, mounting their filesystems will increment counters, and possibly damage an already damaged filesystem.
In this case you can't just run dd on a disk to prevent this from happening, because by the time you plug it in that system has already automatically mounted it. You will be using the new udisks system to auto-mount new volumes based on udev events. You can turn this functionality off entirely in your GUI.
Within "Settings" > "Removable Drives and Media": uncheck all of the "removable storage" boxes. This should disable the feature entirely.
answered Dec 11 '16 at 17:39
Spooler
1765
So you want to recover disks without messing with their contents. Yes, mounting their filesystems will increment counters, and possibly damage an already damaged filesystem.
In this case you can't just run dd on a disk to prevent this from happening, because by the time you plug it in that system has already automatically mounted it. You will be using the new udisks system to auto-mount new volumes based on udev events. You can turn this functionality off entirely in your GUI.
Within "Settings" > "Removable Drives and Media": uncheck all of the "removable storage" boxes. This should disable the feature entirely.
answered Dec 11 '16 at 17:39
Spooler
1765
answered Dec 11 '16 at 17:39
Spooler
1765
answered Dec 11 '16 at 17:39
Spooler
1765
answered Dec 11 '16 at 17:39
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I can't find the "Settings" > "Removable Drives and Media" dialog you are mentioning. My Ubuntu system has a "System Settings" dialog but that page does not have a "Removable Drives and Media" dialog. I found a "Details" program having a "Removable Media" dialog but the "removable storage" check boxes do not exist.
– nn4l
Dec 11 '16 at 19:05
add a comment |
I can't find the "Settings" > "Removable Drives and Media" dialog you are mentioning. My Ubuntu system has a "System Settings" dialog but that page does not have a "Removable Drives and Media" dialog. I found a "Details" program having a "Removable Media" dialog but the "removable storage" check boxes do not exist.
– nn4l
Dec 11 '16 at 19:05
I can't find the "Settings" > "Removable Drives and Media" dialog you are mentioning. My Ubuntu system has a "System Settings" dialog but that page does not have a "Removable Drives and Media" dialog. I found a "Details" program having a "Removable Media" dialog but the "removable storage" check boxes do not exist.
– nn4l
Dec 11 '16 at 19:05
I can't find the "Settings" > "Removable Drives and Media" dialog you are mentioning. My Ubuntu system has a "System Settings" dialog but that page does not have a "Removable Drives and Media" dialog. I found a "Details" program having a "Removable Media" dialog but the "removable storage" check boxes do not exist.
– nn4l
Dec 11 '16 at 19:05
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The core of the automount system is probably the udisks system. The daemon process should be udisksd and the systemd service might be udisks2.service (at least on my Debian 9; the name might vary on Ubuntu).
Once you stop that service (e.g. with systemctl stop udisks2.service) the GUI session should be unable to auto-mount anything.
To make sure any other service does not reactivate it, you could mask it: systemctl mask udisks2.service.
answered Apr 18 at 7:03
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The core of the automount system is probably the udisks system. The daemon process should be udisksd and the systemd service might be udisks2.service (at least on my Debian 9; the name might vary on Ubuntu).
Once you stop that service (e.g. with systemctl stop udisks2.service) the GUI session should be unable to auto-mount anything.
To make sure any other service does not reactivate it, you could mask it: systemctl mask udisks2.service.
answered Apr 18 at 7:03
telcoM
15.7k12143
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The core of the automount system is probably the udisks system. The daemon process should be udisksd and the systemd service might be udisks2.service (at least on my Debian 9; the name might vary on Ubuntu).
Once you stop that service (e.g. with systemctl stop udisks2.service) the GUI session should be unable to auto-mount anything.
To make sure any other service does not reactivate it, you could mask it: systemctl mask udisks2.service.
answered Apr 18 at 7:03
telcoM
15.7k12143
The core of the automount system is probably the udisks system. The daemon process should be udisksd and the systemd service might be udisks2.service (at least on my Debian 9; the name might vary on Ubuntu).
Once you stop that service (e.g. with systemctl stop udisks2.service) the GUI session should be unable to auto-mount anything.
To make sure any other service does not reactivate it, you could mask it: systemctl mask udisks2.service.
answered Apr 18 at 7:03
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Good question, but I don't think it belongs on Server Fault. Would be a better fit for Ask Ubuntu or Unix & Linux. I have voted to migrate the question.
– kasperd
Dec 11 '16 at 19:24
I'd suggest you gogle for
linux forensic distributionthere are better choices for your task. For ubuntu a search for dsiable automount gets you some hits.– LotPings
Dec 11 '16 at 22:44