Autorun files from Removable Media

[johnmne]

Ubuntu 16 is still automatically executing software that resides in an external resource (removable media), such as USB or CD.

I don't need to tell you how bad this is..

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You can see the default value that allows to autoplay / autorun files by doing the following steps:

1. In Ubuntu 16.04, go to Settings -> Details.
2. In the left pane choose "Removable Media".
3. On the right pane you'll see "Software", while the value in the drop-down menu is "Run Software".

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A fix suggestion:
Instead of "Run Software", the default value should be "Do nothing".

[Seth Arnold (seth-arnold)]

Interesting; I don't think I've ever seen this control panel page before. Mine has "Never prompt or start programs on media insertion" checked. I wonder if this is the default or not?

Thanks

[johnmne (phi-reporter)]

@Seth Arnold:

Yes, unfortunately that is the default value.
(I installed a fresh version of Ubuntu 16 that was downloaded directly from the website. Also I verified the checksum and it was valid.)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The key/default value comes from
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gsettings-desktop-schemas/tree/schemas/org.gnome.desktop.media-handling.gschema.xml.in#n19

[johnmne (phi-reporter)]

In addition to the fix suggestion that I wrote in my first post, please also have the checkbox of "Never prompt or start programs on media insertion" as checked (this should be the default).

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Hi,

To get the default changed, could you please file a bug with the upstream GNOME project here:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/

Once you've filed the bug, please like the upstream bug to this one.

Thanks!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gsettings-desktop-schemas - 45~rc-1ubuntu1

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gsettings-desktop-schemas (45~rc-1ubuntu1) mantic; urgency=medium

  * Merge with Debian. Remaining changes:
    - Add ubuntu_lock-on-suspend.patch
    - Add dark-theme migration script using dh-migrations
  * Drop Breaks: ukwm because ukwm still runs but fails to build from source
    for unrelated reasons

gsettings-desktop-schemas (45~rc-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release
    - media-handling: Don't autostart software by default when media is inserted
      (LP: #1983778, LP: #1617620)
  * Add Breaks against packages that used dropped toggle-shaded
  * Drop obsolete Breaks

gsettings-desktop-schemas (44.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Update standards version to 4.6.2, no changes needed
  * Release to unstable

 -- Jeremy Bícha <email address hidden> Thu, 07 Sep 2023 13:24:00 -0400