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[SOLVED] Automount ext 3 with privs?

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#1

I am trying to auto mount an Ext3 HD with privs to read and write. I know it has something to do with fstab but I don't know where to go from there. Thanks for any help.

#2

I tried adding the lines

dev/sdb1 /mnt ext3 user,rw 0 0

dev/sdb2 /mnt ext3 user,rw 0 0

But it did not seem to work.

can anyone help?

#3

No thats incorrect. Are you sure the HDDs are identified as sdb1 and sdb2. Post the output of

sudo fdisk -l
#4

See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab

#5

kpkeerthi said: No thats incorrect. Are you sure the HDDs are identified as sdb1 and sdb2. Post the output of

sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0xe397e397

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 2432 19535008+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 60291 60801 4104607+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda3 2433 60290 464744385 83 Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0xadd5add5

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 2607 20940696 83 Linux /dev/sdb2 2608 19444 135243202+ 83 Linux

I am sure those are the ones I want to auto mount with privs.

The first(20g) for backup the second for wine,vbox, and movies

#6

It should be /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdb2. Not dev/sdb1. I suggest you read the link I posted earlier and recommend using UUID as udev might change the device identifier.

#7

Ok so these are my new lines however I still don't have write access. can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong?

UUID=9d1e9f7d-38d1-4e3e-82bb-2385b4f340b6 /home/nakama/Backup ext3 relatime 0 2

/dev/sdb1

UUID=f20e9c4a-2a63-4cd1-809b-3941f45dc0b7 /home/nakama/Media ext3 relatime 0 2

/Dev/sdb2

#8

Wickd said: Well there is an easier way of doing this:

1) Open a terminal and type: sudo Nautilus 2) Mount the drive and go to properties 3) Ubder the permissions tab change the Owner to your username 4) close

That should fix your problem :)

Cherio

I saw This On Another Post. It did the trick. thanks Wickd