udisks-glue.conf (5)

~/.udisks-glue.conf

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/udisks-glue/config

/etc/udisks-glue.conf

$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/udisks-glue/config

udisks-glue is configured by a series of match directives referencing filter directives. Filter directives define parameters that filter the UDisks events. Match directives specify actions to be taken by udisks-glue in case the corresponded filter matches.

Filter and match directives can be specified in any order. You should use unique names for filter directives. The rules are evaluated in the order the match directives are specified. A default directive is a special directive used as a fallback in case no other directives match. It does not reference a filter directive. You may choose not to specify a default directive.

Due to the way the rules are evaluated, it's recommended that more specific match directives are defined before less specific ones. If a match directive does not specify one of the available actions, another directive may be chosen. The currently available match directives are:

automount

If set, try to automatically mount the device (unset by default)

automount_filesystem

Filesystem type to use when automounting the device

automount_options

List of options to use when automounting the device

post_insertion_command

Command to run after a device is inserted or after its media has been made available

post_mount_command

Command to run after a device has been mounted

post_unmount_command

Command to run after a device has been unmounted

post_removal_command

Command to run after a device or its media has been removed

udisks-glue will substitute some tokens with information about the device in each of the commands listed above:

%device_file

Path to the device file

%mount_point

Last known mount point for the device (only replaced in post_mount_command and post_unmount_command)

The currently supported filter parameters are:

label (string)

User-visible label of the detected file system

optical (boolean)

Set if the device uses optical disc as its media

optical_disc_closed (boolean)

Set if the optical disc is closed

optical_disc_has_audio_tracks (boolean)

Set if the optical disc has audio tracks

optical_disc_has_audio_tracks_only (boolean)

Set if all tracks in the optical disc are audio tracks

partition (boolean)

Set if the device is a partition of another device

partition_table (boolean)

Set if the device has a partition table

readonly (boolean)

Set if the device is a ready-only device

removable (boolean)

Set if the device is a removable device

type (string)

Extended information about the device, generally set to the name of the detected file system if the usage property is set to filesystem

usage (string)

The result of probing for signatures on the block device, generally set to filesystem if a mountable file system was detected

uuid (string)

UUID of the detected file system

Note that the rules are evaluated only at the time the device or its media is inserted. Internal drives are always ignored.

The following configuration example shows how you can automount USB pendrives and similar devices. Notifications are provided by a custom script that could display on-screen information or provide notifications in some other way:

filter disks {
    optical = false
    partition_table = false
    usage = filesystem
}

match disks {
    automount = true
    automount_options = sync
    post_mount_command = "mount-notify mounted %device_file %mount_point"
    post_unmount_command = "mount-notify unmounted %device_file %mount_point"
}

A more complex example shows how the filters can be used to mount optical and non-optical media (USB pendrives and the like) using different mount options and how a specific program can be launched on non-closed optical discs.

#
# Filters
#

filter disks {
    optical = false
    partition_table = false
    usage = filesystem
}

filter burnable {
    optical = true
    optical_disc_closed = false
}

filter optical {
    optical = true
}

#
# The default entry (only used if no filters match)
#

default {
    post_insertion_command = "insertion-notify %device_file"
}

#
# Additional entries
#

match disks {
    automount = true
    automount_options = { sync, noatime }
    post_mount_command = "mount-notify mounted %device_file %mount_point"
    post_unmount_command = "mount-notify unmounted %device_file %mount_point"
}

match burnable {
    post_insertion_command = "k3b %device_file"
    post_mount_command = "mount-notify mounted %device_file %mount_point"
    post_insertion_command = "udisks --mount %device_file --mount-options ro"
}

match optical {
    automount = true
    automount_options = ro
    post_mount_command = "mount-notify mounted %device_file %mount_point"
    post_insertion_command = "udisks --mount %device_file --mount-options ro"
}

udisks(1), udisks-glue(1) udisks(7), udisks-daemon(8)