Enabling or disabling auto-mounting on a USB device using the CLI

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Use the commands in this topic to enable or disable auto-mounting on a USB device attached to the Malware Analysis appliance. You must enable auto-mounting when the USB device is attached. By default, auto-mounting is disabled. Auto-mounting will not mount the USB device when it is already attached to the appliance.

Prerequisites
  • Admin access

To enable auto-mounting on a USB device:
  1. Go to CLI configuration mode:

    hostname > enable
    hostname # configure terminal
  2. Enable auto-mounting on a USB device attached to the appliance:

    hostname (config) # media usb auto-mount enable
  3. Plug the USB device in to the appliance immediately.

  4. Verify the USB device auto-mount configuration.

    hostname (config) # show media usb
    USB auto-mount configuration:
    Enabled:             yes
    Local web access:    yes
    Top-level directory: fireeye
To disable auto-mounting on the USB device:
  1. Go to CLI configuration mode:

    hostname > enable
    hostname # configure terminal
  2. Disable auto-mounting on the USB device:

    hostname (config) # no media usb auto-mount enable
  3. Verify the USB device auto-mount configuration.

    hostname (config) # show media usb
    USB auto-mount configuration:
    Enabled:             no
    Local web access:    yes
    Top-level directory: fireeye