-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Wackojacko wrote: > Wackojacko wrote: >> Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: >>> On Wednesday 15 November 2006 20:48, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >>>> On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 08:28:27PM -0500, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: >>>>> So your sample line in /etc/fstab will look like >>>>> /dev/sda1 /home/user/partition auto user,auto,exec >>>>> 0 0 >>>>> >>>>> The above line is untested so try it only after reading all the >>>>> relevant >>>>> manual pages. >>>> That will not fix his problem. Since it will automatically mount at >>>> boot, it will be mounted by root. That means that only root will be >>>> able to unmount it. Of course, this will not fix any of the ownership >>>> issues. >>>> >>> >>> Thanks Roberto! I use >>> >>> /dev/sda1 /home/user/partition auto user,noauto,exec >>> 0 0 >>> >>> to allow the users to mount the USB drive. I did not think of all the >>> consequences of changing noauto to auto. >>> >>> sorry for the noise. >>> >>> raju >>> >>> >> What about the uid,gid options in mount. my fstab for a vfat shared >> windows partition is >> >> /dev/sda6 /mnt/Windowsdat vfat >> rw,user,auto,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=002 0 2 >> >> and it's mounted a boot with user and group ownership I want. >> >> These options are not available on all fs types I think. >> >> HTH >> >> Wackojacko >> > > Sorry for the noise, just read the subject line again and the manpage > for mount and ext2/3 dont support these options afaict. Brain in gear :) > > Wackojacko > >
Why not mount it from crontab with an @reboot parameter? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFXW5Du4tRirKTPYwRAma0AJ40k9mP+C3EXjv4EGTuBWWs9/mWXgCfR2SG XmQNTWurDTE2IT4CszeU1Dg= =niho -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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