Auto-prompt for password when USB is plugged in?

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Auto-prompt for password when USB is plugged in?

Forum: General Discussion

Creator: skroderider

Created: 2020-03-04

Updated: 2020-03-08

skroderider - 2020-03-04

I have a Veracrypt encrypted volume on a USB drive (as a file on it, not the entire drive). What I am ideally looking for is when I plug in the USB drive, Veracrypt should attempt to mount the volume and ask me for the password. Is there a way to do this either via some setting or by using CLI commands?

I'm on Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS.

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skroderider - 2020-03-05

Should this post be in the "Technical Topics" forum?

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Adrian Kentleton - 2020-03-05

AFAIK, in Linux there is no option to mount favorite volumes when its host device gets connected (as there is in Windows).

A simple shell script, located on your desktop, would enable you to mount the volume after you plug the USB drive in. Something like:

#!/bin/bash veracrypt /pathtoyour/usbdrive/wheninserted /pathto/mountpoint

Save the script as eg mountvol.sh, and make it executable.

Post back if you need me to provide more details!

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skroderider - 2020-03-08

Thanks a lot. I have set this to trigger when the USB drive is mounted. That solves my use case.

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