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Re: Ownership of external usb hard drive



On 23 December 2011 15:12, Curt <curty@free.fr> wrote:
> 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?
>
It makes no difference.

Sharon.
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