FC6 mount ntfs-3g problem.

[Rick Stevens]

max bianco wrote:
> 2008/4/2 Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com>:
>> max bianco wrote:
>>
>>> 2008/4/2 Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com>:
>>>
>>>
>>>>  I thought that it was listed in fstab with the user(s) option, the way
>> his
>>>> is, that the mount command was run as root, as long as you ran "mount
>> <mount
>>>> point>" or "mount <device>". On the other hand, using the format "mount
>>>> <device> <mount point>" requires root permissions. But I have not used
>>>> entries in /fstab for removable devices for a while - I use HAL instead.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I am not sure what his fstab should look like but as far as using the
>>> mount command I have always found that you have to be root or have
>>> permission explicitly granted. I plug in my external drive and it just
>>> automounts for me, i don't remember doing anything special to get this
>>> to work, but apparently this was not the case in FC6, i have never
>>> used FC6. Hopefully he will  let us know what happened.
>>>
>>> Max
>>>
>>>
>>  FC6 would auto mount as well. But if you have an entry in /etc/fstab for
>> the device, it will not get auto-mounted.
> 
> shouldn't it mount if the "noauto" is removed from fstab?

noauto prevents automatic mount at boot (e.g. "mountall" or "mount -a").
It has nothing to do with the automounter.
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