Re: Mount ext2/ext3 as specific user at system start?
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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?
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