[SOLVED]How to mount using gvfs/udisks

[thkang]

on most file managers (thunar, caja, nautilus), usually on the left pane, there are 'devices' group and 'network' group.
double-clicking an entry in any group will make that entry to be mounted.

'devices' group contains usb drives or partitions that aren't automatically mounted on boot.
they are mounted to /run/media/..
'network' group contains samba shares.
they are mounted to /run/user/USERNAME/gvfs/..

here's the question : What is the full command used by file managers to mount those drives/shares? I want to mount them as they are mounted by those file managers.
I know how to mount them with `mount` command but it requires root privilege unless I add 'user' option to an entry in /etc/fstab. And I can't add 'user' to all thumbdrives and samba shares on network.

[CaptainMark]

I believe the automounting on the system is handled by udisks instead of the mount command so check out "man udisks" in a terminal for some help with that, alternatively for better automatic control you should be looking at "man fstab" which is the boot mounting configuration. There are plenty of guides online for that so do a quick google and see how you get on

Quick Tip: Add the "noauto" option to a fstab line so it can be mounted by root at any time

[altair4]

To mount a samba share:

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gvfs-mount smb://server-name/share-name

To stick with the gvfs method, to mount a partition:

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gvfs-mount -d /dev/sdxy

But most folks mount partitions with udisks:

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udisks --mount /dev/sdxy

[thkang]

I did some searching on this myself. Thanks anyway for your comprehensive answers.

to mount partitions into /media/USERNAME (not /media), use udisksctl.

udisksctl mount -b /dev/sda1
udisksctl unmount -b /dev/sda1

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$ udisksctl mount -b /dev/sda1
Mounted /dev/sda1 at /media/thkang/xxx
$ udisksctl unmount -b /dev/sda1
Unmounted /dev/sda1.