On 8/28/17, 4:07 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote:
I am not sure about the background automounting, but I get consistent mount points and mount settings with entries like these in /etc/fstab: LABEL=Backup /media/backup ext4 noatime,noauto,user,errors=remount-ro 0 0
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The above lines give me fixed mount points based on filesystem labels (LABEL). . .
That got me started on an idea, even before I undertake anything with fstab. Thanks, Mr. Caradoc-Davies.
First, I was able to relabel the drive as a suitably generic "ExternalHD," and when I unplugged it and plugged it back in, it mounted (albeit still under a user-specific, auto-created mount point) as that label.
With the drive automounted, I did a "umount" on it, created a mount point for it (directly in /media, and available to everybody, for now, at least), and then did a "mount" at the new mount point. It mounted successfully in that user-neutral location, and is available to any signed-on user.
Of course, if I then unmount it, pull the plug, and plug it back in, without an fstab entry, it auto-mounts to a created mount point in the user's subdirectory of /media, but at least the mount point I created doesn't go bye-bye, so that's a start.
But I still need all the help I can get understanding this. -- JHHL