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You shouldn't just automount external drives. That's a recipe for trouble.
What's wrong with manually mounting them? Pretty sure the desktop environments also require you to push a button (eg, select the drive in file manager) to mount external USB drives.
WTF? I'm automounting my home directory from an external ssd usb for ages now. What is the disaster that could happen you're referring to?
If that's the case, then you should answer the OP with how it's set up. OP is specifically asking how to do it with random drives other people hands them, not trusted drives always connected.
What is the disaster that could happen you’re referring to?
Auto mounting random USB sticks has never been wise. No telling what random malware they contain.
What would be the difference if it doesn't automount it, and I instead need to mount it manually?
I mean, it's a USB stick which I plugged into my laptop and want to access.
If I don't trust it, I'm not plugging it in.
What malware spreads automatically from just mounting the drive?
While mostly an issue on Windows computers: https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/dont-plug-it-in-how-to-prevent-a-usb-attack
Oh sorry, guess I missed the random drives part. You're absolutely right in that regard. Also, I use fstab to setup automount, so can't help op with this.
https://blog.tomecek.net/post/automount-with-systemd
#udisks2 #autofs #systemd
You can use udev rules and systemd mount or AutoFs.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Udev
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd#systemd.mount_-_mounting