Hello.
Using udev tools I know nearly every things about my usb stick.
With udev rule, I can tell when a specific usb stick is inserted or remove using its id ( ex : usb-Multiple_Card_Reader_058F63666438-0:0-part1 ).
I have not found myself a rule to tell when it is really mounted ( files and folders are accessible ).
I need that rule to trigger a systemd service of mine.
Any help is welcome.
This command will show you what is mounted
systemctl list-units --type mount
For example, I have a memory stick labelled T9I11A (vfat filesystem). When it is mounted via udisks (desktop-mounting), the above command will report
run-media-dean-T9I11A.mount loaded active mounted /run/media/dean/T9I11A
and of course it will be reported via ‘mount’ command like this
/dev/sdb1 on /run/media/dean/T9I11A type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,gid=100,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,showexec,utf8,flush,errors=remount-ro,uhelper=udisks2)
I could write a custom unit (/etc/systemd/system/mount-trigger.service) like this
[Unit]
Description=My custom mount-trigger script
Requires=run-media-dean-T9I11A.mount
After=run-media-dean-T9I11A.mount
[Service]
ExecStart=/path/to/your/custom-script.sh
[Install]
WantedBy=run-media-dean-T9I11A.mount
Don’t forget to enable and start the custom service.
Hope this helps.
Thank you for your quick answer.
I have tried already something like that (Failed to run) but in addition the problem is that is user dependent.
I look something just hardware dependent or if I can use a variable to replace (in your example) dean by $(logname).
I have tried to use ( in systemd notation ) dev-disk-by-uuid-12BD3AE67CF89 in WantedBy,Requires et After but I got syntax error.
Do you have any ideas that I can develop?
I have:
karl@erlangen:~> grep GARMIN /etc/fstab
UUID=6914-84F3 /GARMIN vfat user,noauto 0 0
karl@erlangen:~> ll /GARMIN/
insgesamt 8
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 94 13. Dez 2016 autorun.inf
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 14. Apr 2020 Garmin
karl@erlangen:~>
For monitoring see man systemd.path.
In this case consider having removable devices mount to /media instead (for shared filesystems)…
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Udisks#Mount_to_/media_(udisks2)
Once the necessary rule is in place (99-udisks2.rules)
ENV{ID_FS_USAGE}=="filesystem|other|crypto", ENV{UDISKS_FILESYSTEM_SHARED}="1"
you’ll find that the mount looks more like this
media-T9I11A.mount loaded active mounted /media/T9I11A
ie not user-specfic, so the unit file can be more generic too…
[Unit]
Description=Custom mount-trigger service
Requires=media-T9I11A.mount
After=media-T9I11A.mount
[Service]
ExecStart=/path/to/your/custom-script.sh
[Install]
WantedBy=media-T9I11A.mount
That should do the trick. 
It indeed does:
erlangen:~ # systemctl list-unit-files GARMIN.*
UNIT FILE STATE
GARMIN.mount generated
GARMIN.service enabled
2 unit files listed.
erlangen:~ # systemctl cat GARMIN.mount
# /run/systemd/generator/GARMIN.mount
# Automatically generated by systemd-fstab-generator
[Unit]
SourcePath=/etc/fstab
Documentation=man:fstab(5) man:systemd-fstab-generator(8)
Before=local-fs.target
[Mount]
Where=/GARMIN
What=/dev/disk/by-uuid/6914-84F3
Type=vfat
Options=user,noauto
erlangen:~ # systemctl cat GARMIN.service
# /etc/systemd/system/GARMIN.service
[Unit]
Description=Get Garmin tracks
Requires=GARMIN.mount
After=GARMIN.mount
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rsync -av /GARMIN/Garmin/GPX/ /home/karl/Dokumente/etrex/GPX/
[Install]
WantedBy=GARMIN.mount
erlangen:~ #
erlangen:~ # journalctl -b -u GARMIN.service
-- Logs begin at Sun 2020-03-29 16:41:11 CEST, end at Wed 2020-04-15 07:51:51 CEST. --
Apr 15 07:50:50 systemd[1]: Started Get Garmin tracks.
Apr 15 07:50:50 rsync[5166]: sending incremental file list
Apr 15 07:51:03 rsync[5166]: Current/Current.gpx
Apr 15 07:51:05 rsync[5166]: sent 109,177 bytes received 40 bytes 7,532.21 bytes/sec
Apr 15 07:51:05 rsync[5166]: total size is 80,908,749 speedup is 740.81
Apr 15 07:51:05 systemd[1]: GARMIN.service: Succeeded.
erlangen:~ #
Thank you for your interest.
But I would like to avoid changing anywhere ‘/etc/fstab’ whenever I enable or disable a flash drive.
I will try that.
I will give news as soon as possible.
By the way, can you tell me where is(are) the rules(s) which tell udisks2 to mount usb disks in ‘/run/media/$USER/LABEL_OF_THE_USB_DISK’.
I have not found any config file(s) mentioned in man udisks
I have also search for the string ‘UDISKS_FILESYSTEM_SHARED’ in /etc and /usr and not found any place.
Any help is welcome
The udisks2 rules file is /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/80-udisks2.rules (the mounting location is handled within udisks2 code)
man udisks
In particular
UDISKS_FILESYSTEM_SHARED
If set to 1, the filesystem on the device will be mounted in a shared directory (e.g. /media/VolumeName) instead of a
private directory (e.g. /run/media/$USER/VolumeName) when the Filesystem.Mount() method is handled.
Yes, best left to udev/udisks for removable media handling.
I have also search for the string ‘UDISKS_FILESYSTEM_SHARED’ in /etc and /usr and not found any place.
Just to clarify here that you need to create a custom udev rules file as I explained earlier in this thread.
I buy a GARMIN device and add it to /etc/fstab once. Whenever I plug it into USB the GARMIN gets mounted and new GPX data are transferred automatically. After a few years the drive has become obsolete. I buy a new one and fix the UUID in /etc/fstab. Any shorter and simpler procedure available?
You could just let the desktop environment mount it automatically when connected.
What you currently get is (changes were made through decades):
erlangen:~ # lsblk /dev/sdc
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sdc 8:32 1 14.2M 0 disk
└─sdc1 8:33 1 14.2M 0 part **/run/media/karl/111A-3A00**
erlangen:~ #
I used ‘yast2 partitioner’ to improve on that, see https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/539891-USB-Stick-Mounted-detection?p=2932978#post2932978
The GARMIN is a partition which is treated the same way as /, /boot/efi, /home and others. No need to dive into udev rules. Yast GUI does the trick.
I think you’ve missed the whole point of this thread. The OP is wanting to detect a particular ‘auto-mounted’ removable device. However, they also didn’t want it to be user-specific. The udev rule was ONLY used to cause the ‘shared’ removable device to then be mounted to ‘/media/…’. To clarify further, it does not do the mounting - that is done by the desktop environment.
I have understood the direction you gave me earlier in the thread.
But I was imagining if :
UDISKS_FILESYSTEM_SHARED
==1: mount filesystem to a shared directory (/media/VolumeName)
==0: mount filesystem to a private directory (/run/media/$USER/VolumeName)
See udisks(8)
I would find a rule somewhere event if ‘/run/media/$USER/VolumeName’ is the default rule.
Ok this particular point is closed for me.
Exactly what I try to do.
I have a problem with systemd. I am preparing a question with a very simple example.
Ok. I’m sure we’ll be able to be of further guidance. 
During one of my tests I use this configuration :
( Don’t pay attention to the file name of unit.path and unit.service. I have use the same files for different criteria)
USB LABEL : ‘BESTRUNNER-8Go-14’
FILE 1 : THIS_IS_THE_TRIGGER_FILE.txt
Location : on the usb stick : /run/media/user_install/BESTRUNNER-8Go-14
Each time it is modified then saved, it is suppose to trigger my systemd unit.
FILE 2 : trigger.sh
Location : in home user : /home/user_install/bin
Activated each time the unit.service is triggered : write text to a tmp file
/usr/bin/date >> /tmp/udev.log
FILE 3 : USB_TEST_is_mounted.path
Location : /etc/systemd/system
Activate the configured unit paired whenever a change occured, when the file which was open for writing gets closed.
# /etc/systemd/system/USB_TEST_is_mounted.path
# #
[Unit]
Description=Trigger the systemd unit paired when the monitored file have changed : THIS_IS_THE_TRIGGER_FILE.txt
[Path]
PathChanged=/run/media/user_install/BESTRUNNER-8Go-14/THIS_IS_THE_TRIGGER_FILE.txt
Unit=USB_TEST_is_mounted.service
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
FILE 4 : USB_TEST_is_mounted.service
Location : /etc/systemd/system
This unit is triggered by the paired unit.path
# /etc/systemd/system/USB_TEST_is_mounted.service
[Unit]
Description=Executes script when 'THIS_IS_THE_TRIGGER_FILE.txt' has changed.
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/home/user_install/bin/trigger.sh
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
This works as the documentation indicates, with one detail: after about ten tests, the name of the mountpoint has changed.
Normally I got ‘/run/media/user_install/BESTRUNNER-8Go-14/…/…’. But after a while I got ‘/run/media/user_install/BESTRUNNER-8Go-141/…/…’ or ‘/run/media/user_install/BESTRUNNER-8Go-142/…/…’
Even after multiple reboot.
That mean that under certain circumstances, we could not rely on /run/media/$USER/USB_LABEL/…/…
Any comment is welcome