On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 04:57:58PM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Thomas H. George: > > > > No, just to use it to store data. As it is I can only mount it as root > > and to just store data I would prefer to mount it as a normal user. > > I still don't understand your problem, but what a user is able to mount > is determined by the contents of /etc/fstab. > > If you want ordinary users to be able to mount a specific filesystem, > just add the "user" option: > > $ grep user /etc/fstab > /dev/iriver1 /media/iriver vfat noauto,user,noatime 0 0 > /dev/stick1 /media/stick vfat noauto,user,noatime,async,utf8=true 0 0 > /dev/sda1 /media/usbdisk auto noauto,user,noatime,async 0 0 > /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,ro 0 0 > > J.
I had a line: /dev/sg1 /usbdrive vfat rw,user,noauto 0 0 in /etc/fstab but when I tried to mount /usbdrive the system responded, "This is not a block device". It was after this that I found that as root I could mount the memory stick with mount /dev/sda /mnt. - Tom > -- > I frequently find myself at the top of the stairs with absolutely > nothing happening in my brain. > [Agree] [Disagree] > <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
