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How to mount from command line like the Nautilus does?

On my Ubuntu linux box I can easily mount USB connected drives or CDROM clicking on devices icons that I can found on the Desktop.

For example if I click on a USB connected drive icon the following things happen:

  • a /media/LABEL directory is automatically created (where LABEL is the label of the disk and may vary from disk to disk)
  • the filesystem on the device is mounted on /media/LABEL

This process is significantly different from mounting using the mount command. In particular:

  • you don't need to be root (or you don't need to modify /etc/fstab to allow ordinary user to mount the device)
  • the /media/LABEL directory is automatically created
  • the name of the directory changes according the volume label.

There is a command line command that behaves like the Gnome GUI mounting facilities does?

Solution

  • See the pmount command for usage information