> > paulh wrote: > THUFIR HAWAT (thufir) wrote: > > > jim lawrence wrote: > > hi all,I just want to make sure this line that I put into fsab is going to allow me to automount my "D drive" and allow me to read & write to that drive without being root. > > > > here is my /etc/fstab file > > [..] > > > > # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details > > /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1 > > LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 > > none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 > > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 > > /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > /dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2 vfat auto,rw.user 0 0 > > > > /dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder auto pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,ro,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 > > /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 > > > > > > on boot the message "...bad option...bad superblock...too many..." flashes across too fast across the screen to get it all. I edited the /etc/fstab to now boot /dev/hda2. > > > > err, is the problem that rw.user should be rw,user? > > > > Yes, options should be separated using commas, not periods. The "auto" > option is redundant because "auto" is the default. If you are the only > user of this system, you'd be better off using options > "uid=your-uid,gid=your-gid" (where your-uid and your-gid are your > username and groupname respectively), so that it gets mounted at boot > time and the files are all owned by you so you have permission to do > what you want to them. In this case you wouldn't need the "auto" and > "rw" options because they are the default, and you wouldn't need "user" > because the filesystem would be mounted all the time and there would be > no need for regular users to mount the filesystem. > > The approach would be different if there were different users of the > system and you wanted each of them to be able to write to that > filesystem at various times. > > Paul. the fstab file: [thufir@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/fstab # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2 vfat auto,rw,user 0 0 /dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder auto pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,ro,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 [thufir@localhost ~]$ on my gnome desktop panel is an icon of a hard drive: disk mounter preferences: /mnt/hda2 clicking on it gives: Canno mount device Drivemount command failed. "umount /mnt/hda2 2>&1" reported: umount: only root can unmount /dev/hda2 from /mnt/hda2 what needs to be changed to get the icon to mount the vfat partition? thanks, Thufir -- This is an email sent via the webforum on http://fcp.homelinux.org http://fcp.homelinux.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=58391&topic_id=8870&forum=10#forumpost58391
