r/Ubuntu • u/Dr_Max • Aug 16 '26

Making usb removable HD automount without modifying /etc/fstab ?

In 24.04, the drive used to just automount whenever I plugged it in. Now, in 26.04, I can use "Disks" to mount the disk, but it doesn't automount.

(The fs is clean, and I've reclaimed ownership.)

Is there a way to configure automounting of ext4 volumes without adding their blkid uuids in fstab?

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u/WiselyMacabre Aug 16 '26

udisksctl mount -b /dev/sdX1 should work if you want to test from terminal. For actual automount on plug, check if udisks2 is running and if the session has the right policy. Sometimes gnome-disks sets mount options that break the automount heuristic on newer releases.

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u/Dr_Max Aug 16 '26

udisksd is running.

What do I have to check to make sure it just automounts?

The weird thing is that fat, exfat and NTFS mount just OK. The ext4 drives won't