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On 17/06/11 12:25, Jack Oley wrote: > Hi all. Can anyone tell me how I can 'permanently' mount access in > Ubuntu so it can see the Windows My Documents (or whatever)? Currently, > each time I or my daughter logs on and try to access this folder, I have > to enter my password. I've looked in the Sybex Linux book, but still > cannot suss this out. Many thanks. Jack. Sorry would have replied earlier, but I thought this was across the network. Once it is mounted, you can find the relevant line in /etc/mtab (list of file systems mounted), and add that line to /etc/fstab (list of mounts to do). You should check the options you have are what you want (man 8 mount), and if it is usually mounted by the automount in a special place you probably want to move it (i.e. if home is "/home/simon" "mkdir /home/simon/windisk" and change the mount point in /etc/fstab. Unmount it using your usual method then you can them use "mount /home/simon/windisk" to check that the fstab entry is correct. Check it is correct before rebooting as a mangled fstab can cause problems (not insurmountable but easy to avoid). I presume the password check is a sudo type check, since mounting a filesystem always use to requires system admin privilege, although it can be delegated these days by specifying relevant options in /etc/fstab if you don't always want it mounted for some reason, but just want to lose the password check. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq