Re: Ownership of external usb hard drive
On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 07:36:13PM +0000, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> 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.
>
I just have been bit by this bug after a recent update. The same
external USB drive was working prior. Not sure which update did it though
as the drive isn't used daily.
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