* W Paul Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006 Nov 17 06:18 -0600]: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Wackojacko wrote: > > Wackojacko wrote: > >> Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > >>> On Wednesday 15 November 2006 20:48, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > >>>> On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 08:28:27PM -0500, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > >>>>> So your sample line in /etc/fstab will look like > >>>>> /dev/sda1 /home/user/partition auto user,auto,exec > >>>>> 0 0 > >>>>> > >>>>> The above line is untested so try it only after reading all the > >>>>> relevant > >>>>> manual pages. > >>>> That will not fix his problem. Since it will automatically mount at > >>>> boot, it will be mounted by root. That means that only root will be > >>>> able to unmount it. Of course, this will not fix any of the ownership > >>>> issues. > >>>> > >>> > >>> Thanks Roberto! I use > >>> > >>> /dev/sda1 /home/user/partition auto user,noauto,exec > >>> 0 0 > >>> > >>> to allow the users to mount the USB drive. I did not think of all the > >>> consequences of changing noauto to auto. > >>> > >>> sorry for the noise. > >>> > >>> raju > >>> > >>> > >> What about the uid,gid options in mount. my fstab for a vfat shared > >> windows partition is > >> > >> /dev/sda6 /mnt/Windowsdat vfat > >> rw,user,auto,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=002 0 2 > >> > >> and it's mounted a boot with user and group ownership I want. > >> > >> These options are not available on all fs types I think. > >> > >> HTH > >> > >> Wackojacko > >> > > > > Sorry for the noise, just read the subject line again and the manpage > > for mount and ext2/3 dont support these options afaict. Brain in gear :) > > > > Wackojacko > > > > > > Why not mount it from crontab with an @reboot parameter?
Did anyone not read my followup to myself (bad form, I know) that I solved this quite simply and easily? Once mounted, change the ownership and group to whatever and it will hold through reboots. It has worked several times now, so I consider the issue solved. Thanks for the replies, but this is not as complicated as it seems. - Nate >> -- Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | Successfully Microsoft Amateur radio exams; ham radio; Linux info @ | free since January 1998. http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/ | "Debian, the choice of My Kawasaki KZ-650 SR @ | a GNU generation!" http://www.networksplus.net/n0nb/ | http://www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]