Re: Ownership of external usb hard drive
On 2011-12-23, Curt <curty@free.fr> wrote:
> On 2011-12-22, Walter Hurry <walterhurry@lavabit.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>> Very succinctly put, except the hard drive is automatically mounted by
>>> Gnome, thats the only mistake you made.
>>
>> It wouldn't be if it were in fstab.
>>
> It sure does in my case. Are you saying that the gnome automounting
> thingy looks in /etc/fstab?
>
> I have my usb hard drive in /etc/fstab thusly:
>
> /dev/sdc1/ /mnt/backup ext3 user,noauto,rw 0 0
>
> When I plug it in, it is automounted (at /media/...)
>
> I umount it, and remount "by hand".
>
Or is this a question of having it plugged in when the machine is
booted?
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