USB Automounting with systemd

Objective Setting up automatic USB drive mounting on a Linux server using systemd mount and automount units Environment OS: Ubuntu Tools: system, USB drive Step 1 - Find Partition UUID Prerequisite: Plugin USB drive blkid /dev/sdb1 Note: UUID and filesystem type Step 2 - Create the Mount Unit sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/mnt-usb.mount Step 3 - Create Automount Unit sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/mnt-usb.automount Step 4 - Enable and Start sudo systemctl enable mnt-usb.automount sudo systemctl start mnt-usb.automount Step 5 - Verify and test Check the automount is active: ...

June 6, 2026 · 1 min