Mount Devices as user other than root

Jimi Dean · 06-16-2006, 07:44 PM

I cannot mount my other hard drives in a user other than root.
I went in to /etc/fstab and changed the paramatersfor the floppy and cdrom but cannot access /hdb1 in nonroot user.

can anyone suggest a solution. thanks -jimi

patrokov · 06-16-2006, 09:18 PM

Code:

/dev/cdrom   /media/cd   iso9660   ro,user,noauto,unhide   0 0

The fstab above works for me, although you can also go simpler; for my usb drives I just have:

Code:

/dev/sda1  /media/usb   vfat   rw,user  0 0

The other thing to be aware is how you try to mount. As a user, you should only use the path of the mount point:

Code:

$ mount /media/usb

NOT

Code:

$ mount /dev/sda1 /media/usb

If you're still having problems, post your fstab. And one last thought. You say you can't mount /hdb1, so I assume that /hdb1 is a directory and you're trying to mount /dev/hdb1 to it. If that's not the case, then that's the problem.

dugan · 06-17-2006, 02:00 AM

Before modifying your fstab, try adding your user account to the sys and disk groups and see if that changes anything.

SlackinMonkeee · 06-18-2006, 01:55 AM

my fstab looks like this:

/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,owner,users,ro 0 0

Jimi Dean · 06-18-2006, 06:24 AM

/dev/hdb1 /mnt/works ntfs auto,user,ro 1 0

that is my current fstab for the drive.
the drive mounts fine now, but when i try to access the directory
i am told i could not enter and it is locked.

dugan, how do would i add my user account to the sys and disk groups?

thanks.