When I log on linux, my /dev/sda1 drive is mounted, fdrom fstab: # /dev/sda1 UUID=b52f4246-04ea-4d35-b3b9-37a316709f81 /media/Data ext3 user,relatime,errors=continue-ro 0 2 but i can't access the drive until i mount it with: glenn(a)glenn-amd1: mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /media/Data now I can see the 160 gig drives icon on my desktop, but if I move any documents to the drive, i get a 'you don't have permission' message. I then change the permission on the drive: glenn(a)glenn-amd1:/media$ sudo chown -R glenn /media/Data glenn(a)glenn-amd1:/media$ ls -al total 16 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2009-01-09 20:29 . drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 2008-12-31 11:13 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2008-12-31 11:02 cdrom -> cdrom0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-31 11:02 cdrom0 drwxr-xr-x 3 glenn root 4096 2009-01-04 09:39 Data -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-01-09 20:29 .hal-mtab I have to do this every time that I log on to Ubuntu. There has go to be an easier way. Glenn Morrissey.
Glenn Stuart Morrissey wrote:
When I log on linux, my /dev/sda1 drive is mounted, fdrom fstab:
# /dev/sda1 UUID=b52f4246-04ea-4d35-b3b9-37a316709f81 /media/Data ext3 user,relatime,errors=continue-ro 0 2
errors=continue-ro is a typo. It should either be errors=continue OR errors=remount-ro. You can remove the entire errors=* bit if you like. This typo is probably causing the mount to fail on system startup, which is why you need to mount it manually.
I then change the permission on the drive:
glenn(a)glenn-amd1:/media$ sudo chown -R glenn /media/Data
If the contents of /media/Data aren't maintaining permissions across reboot, then something very screwy is up. I suggest you fix your fstab and then either try a reboot or a clean remount, eg, sudo umount /media/disk; mount /media/disk (the latter should NOT have sudo in front of it). If you're still having permission problems after that, can you please verify that the filesystem in question is in fact an ext3 filesystem. If it's something else, such as vfat / fat32 etc, then changing permissions will not work.
# /dev/sda1 UUID=b52f4246-04ea-4d35-b3b9-37a316709f81 /media/Data ext3 user,relatime, 0 2 Thanks Daniel, That did the trick. Glenn Morrissey.
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