Re: USB ownership
--- On Wed, 10/22/08, Aioanei Rares <debian.dev.list@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Aioanei Rares <debian.dev.list@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: USB ownership
> To: deloptes@yahoo.com
> Cc: ale@pcartwright.com, debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 8:33 AM
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:22 PM, Emanoil Kotsev
> <deloptes@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > --- On Tue, 10/21/08, Paul Cartwright
> <ale@pcartwright.com> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Paul Cartwright <ale@pcartwright.com>
> > > Subject: Re: USB ownership
> > > To: deloptes@yahoo.com
> > > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > > Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 12:48 PM
> > > Emanoil Kotsev wrote:
> > > > Paul Cartwright wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > > >>> On Mon,20.Oct.08, 17:06:25, Emanoil
> Kotsev
> > > wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> I suggested to use device by
> uuid
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > >
> /dev/disk/by-uuid/3fca395b-d75d-44ab-98be-9ec05b2e45fd
> > > >>>> /media/usb_2G_part3 auto
> > > users,noauto,atime,rw,nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
> > > >>>
> > > >>> You can shorten this a bit:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> UUID=3fca....
> > > >>>
> > > >>> It's not much, but given that
> the UUID is
> > > already very long...
> > > >>>
> > > >> here is my /etc/fstab entry ( that
> works)
> > > >> UUID=686C-7E81 /media/usb_DAWGS vfat
> > > >>
> users,atime,rw,nodev,noexec,nosuid,noauto 0 0
> > > >>
> > > >> ( that was all one line)
> > > >>
> > > >> in the /media folder is a file called
> .hal-mtab
> > > >> I was trying to add an entry in there
> for this, so
> > > my wife could unmount
> > > >> it, but I was not successful. The fstab
> entry
> > > still mounts it:
> > > >>
> > > >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-08-16
> 15:14
> > > usb_DAWGS
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > For me the UUID= entry did not work
> > > >
> > > > The /dev/disk/by-uuid work
> > > >
> > > > Paul, the .hal entries are system entries
> they do not
> > > have to be set in
> > > > fstab
> > > >
> > > I tried adding that /dev/disk/by-uuid entry to
> .hal-mtab ,
> > > but no change.
> > > I think the REAL way to do it would be with a
> > > /etc/udev/rules.d entry,
> > > but after looking at man udev and the
> 50.udev-rules file,
> > > it is way over
> > > my head. I give up. I'll just have to tell
> her to
> > > switch to my user to
> > > add entries, since I seem to own everything
> inserted.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I don't think you have to mess up with the .hal
> entries
> >
> > the correct place would be /etc/fstab
> >
> > you need the /dev/disk .... entry in the fstab file
> >
> > I've tried it as I said it didn't work with
> UUID but with this entry in the
> > /etc/fstab file all was fine
> >
> > regards
> >
> >
> >
> > regards
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> I've read something about a year ago that adding an
> entry in fstab for usb
> sticks isn't
> such a good idea...can't remember the link though.YMMV.
might be for now I don't have better solution for the question how users option can be passed to mount. I think someone should fix the udev/hal rules, but that's not me
if you have a solution please, you are welcome
regards
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