FC6 mount ntfs-3g problem.
max bianco
maximilianbianco at gmail.com
Thu Apr 3 12:50:01 UTC 2008
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 7:30 AM, Charles Sullivan <cwsulliv at triad.rr.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 15:27:26 -0400
> "max bianco" <maximilianbianco at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 2008/4/2 Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com>:
> > > max bianco wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 9:41 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > If it was just a permissions problem, 'mount' would give an error
> > > > > message. Likewise if it wasn't in the user's path (it's possible though
> > > > > unlikely that $PATH gets him a different version of 'mount'; using
> > > > > '/bin/mount' would get round that).
> > > > >
> > > > > poc
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > He is saying that mount works as root and not a regular user but once
> > > > its mounted it works for the user, usually that is a permissions
> > > > issue. I know F8 you get an error message but he is on FC6.
> > > >
> > > > Max
> > > >
> > > >
> > > 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
>
> Max,
> Hotplugging this NTFS drive yields only an error box saying the drive can't
> be mounted.
>
> Apparently this drive requires a later version of ntfs-3g to be able to
> mount as an ordinary user.
>
> Regards,
> Charles Sullivan
That explains quite a bit. Thanks.
Max
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