Being prompted for root password when I try to sudo mount -a

picklehead · 10-03-2023, 02:59 AM

I want to be able to manually mount the filesystems.
Sometime they are unmounted (why I don't know).

But when I run sudo mount -a I am prompted for the root password even though I can sudo -i and become root without a password.

Thank you.

picklehead · 10-03-2023, 03:35 AM

It was a line that was not properly configured in the /etc/fstab file

ByeByeApple · 10-05-2023, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by picklehead

It was a line that was not properly configured in the /etc/fstab file

Good work for A) finding the solution, and B) being thorough enough to post the solution here. You'll never know who you've helped!

computersavvy · 10-05-2023, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by picklehead

when I run sudo mount -a I am prompted for the root password even though I can sudo -i and become root without a password.

Some commands themselves check and verify the user is root (independently of sudo).
Some configs within the /etc/sudoers file allow a user to execute certain commands without a password, and other commands still require a password.