P Kapat wrote: > Hi, > > I have been banging my head for quite a few hours now. Can't I mount a > fixed (internal SATA) drive with write access as a normal user? Here > is the relevant line from fstab: > > /dev/sdb1 /media/backup ext3 user,noauto,rw 0 0 > > $ ls -l /media/backup > drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 2007-10-12 03:12 /media/backup > > $ mount /dev/sdb1 > $ ls -l /media/backup > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2007-10-12 03:12 /media/backup > > Why am I loosing the write access?? >
Maybe, it's because the directory /media/backup is owned by root? In order to allow mounting for normal users, I suggest the package pmount. -- Regards, Jörg-Volker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
