Udisksctl

udisksctl utility for manipulating disk drives and block devices. Included in the udisks2 package.

Man: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/man1/udisksctl.1.html

• udisksctl info
• udisksctl status
• udisksctl mount
• udisksctl unmount
• udisksctl lock
• udisksctl unlock
• udisksctl power-off
• udisksctl smart-simulate

Usage

To manually mount a removable drive, for example /dev/sdc, use lsblk to identify device:

$ udisksctl mount -b /dev/sdc1
Mounted /dev/sdc1 at /media/root/backup.

To manually unmount:

$ udisksctl unmount -b /dev/sdc1

udisksctl status
MODEL                     REVISION  SERIAL               DEVICE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
HPE LOGICAL VOLUME        1.99      600508b1001ce076d1b28c4e6235bfxx sdb
Generic- SD/MMC CRW       1.00      19203008282014111    sda

udisksctl status
MODEL                     REVISION  SERIAL               DEVICE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
HPE LOGICAL VOLUME        1.99      600508b1001ce076d1b28c4e6235bf08 sdb
Generic- SD/MMC CRW       1.00      29203008282014000              sda
WD My Book 25EE           4004      682243374B31585853483022 sdc

udisksctl monitor
Monitoring the udisks daemon. Press Ctrl+C to exit.
06:20:39.357: The udisks-daemon is running (name-owner :1.397).

See udisksctl --help for more.

Related terms

• S.M.A.R.T.
• mount
• blkid

See also

• udisksctl [umount | mount | power-off], status
• USB, USB4, Usb-storage (kernel), lsusb, usb-devices, usbserial, udisksctl, usb_modeswitch, USB-C, Mini USB, /sys/bus/usb/devices/, FTDI, On The Go adapter (OTG)
• Block devices: blkid (UUID), lshw -class disk, hwinfo --disk, udevadm, rescan-scsi-bus.sh, LUN, hdparm, findfs, Add a new disk
• lsblk, pvscan lspci, lsscsi, smartctl, fdisk, parted, Kpartx, pvdiplay, pvs, udisksctl, /dev/sd, nvme list
• Storage: Fibre Channel, Disk arrays, Disk array shelves, Disk array controller, CD-ROM, DVD, Tape library, LTO, HDD, SSD, SCSI, iSCSI, SAS, SATA, SEDs, OPAL, Magnetic storage, WORM