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> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:40:33 +0100 > From: simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [LUG] Mounting > > 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). > Simon - this made sense ... so I edited the fstab file with nano, and added mount /dev/sda3 /media/OS fuseblk rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_permissions 0 0 to the file, but this didn't work, I had to skip mounting on start up. So I tried the HDD's UUID (which I established with the blkid command) in place of the above, and I put the mount point as / and the type as ntfs ... all to no avail. I also tried this with the same options for this mount as the ext4's but still no joy ... what am I doing wrong!? Now I can't start my Ub 11.04 and, even though I log in sudo su during recovery mode, I can't open the fstab file and delete this new mount addition, as I do not have write permission. How can this be? I can see this bit of text in the fstab file... Any advice welcome! Thanks, Jack. > 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. > I didn't really understand this bit. I looked at man but saw nothing I could try. > > 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 |
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