Automatically Mount USB Device, Execute Script (headless server)

[W4RH4WK]

hello everyone,

i have a problem finding the right solution for my problem, maybe someone can help me here.

i got a headless server which should, when i plug in a usb stick/device, automatically mount it and execute a script (the script is located on the usb stick).

actually i'm talking about auto-mount & auto-run which is already present in desktop systems but not in server systems. until now i had manually mounted the usb stick via ssh connection and then executed the script by hand. but there must me some kind of solution for this.

is there a tool which can help me out or anything like that?

[Kloschüssel]

maybe just set up a cronjob that checks if the usb stick is mounted and if so checks if the usb stick contains the script and if so executes it. automounting an usb stick can be achieved using autofs or plain fstab entries with the option auto.

[W4RH4WK]

maybe just set up a cronjob that checks if the usb stick is mounted and if so checks if the usb stick contains the script and if so executes it. automounting an usb stick can be achieved using autofs or plain fstab entries with the option auto.

well, thx.. i already thought about the cron job entry.. waiting for the usb stick.. but isn't there a more elegant way... a cron job seems more like a workaround than a real solution.

i'll try the fstab entry with auto option first, if this fails, i'll give autofs a try

[Elvci02]

Check this...
ubuntuforums.org / archive / index.php / t-502864.html

[W4RH4WK]

Check this...
ubuntuforums.org / archive / index.php / t-502864.html

thx buddy, i guess this will help me out.