How to make world read-only USB mount?

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Issue

  • How to mount the filesystem such that it is only readable by the logged in user.
  • Is there any way to automatically mount USB sticks that are readable by all users on the system?
  • How to mount usb disk under /media/diskname instead of /media/$USER/diskname ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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