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Re: [debian] (Briefly) Fstab



On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 01:08:20 -0400
"David R. Litwin" <presently42@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have changed my fstab so that it automatically mount my Windows
> partition in to /mnt/windows:
> 
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> #
> # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
> proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
> /dev/hdc1	/mnt/windows	ntfs	defaults
> 0	2 /dev/hdc2       /               ext2
> defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1 /dev/hdc3       none
> swap    sw              0       0 /dev/hdb        /media/cdrom0
> iso9660 ro,user,noauto  0       0 /dev/hdd        /media/cdrom1
> iso9660 ro,user,noauto  0       0 /dev/fd0        /media/floppy0
> auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0
> 
> The problem is that running as a normal user, I can not access this
> folder. I know that this is because I have set the Options to default:
> The Options must allow me to access the folder from my regular user.
> What is the Option that I need?

I don't profess to be an expert, but this worked for me:

umask=002,exec,dev,suid,rw  1 2

I recently was able to get rid of windows from my machine for ever, so
it's no longer relevant, but i did keep it in a commented line, just in
case.

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