HOWTO: Mount NTFS partitions with specific ownership/permissions

[mue.de]

Thanks for that tutorial,
but i still have a quite similar problem:
i tried to mount one partition of an external usb-drive with 'mixed' partitions by adding the line in the /etc/fstab:
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# Toshiba 2,5" USB-Sicherungsplatte, ext2-Partition,
UUID=93a2b065-1ddc-4710-8e3e-122ea4d5db7b /media/Tosh25_ext2 ext2 users

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Now i get three times questions for the root-password when i login to the system!?
I thaught, the option users should allow anyone to mount the partition?
Thanks for advice
mue.de

[WorMzy]

I thaught, the option users should allow anyone to mount the partition?

That's correct. From mount's man page:

              Normally, only the superuser can  mount  filesystems.   However,
              when fstab contains the user option on a line, anybody can mount
              the corresponding system.
...
              For  more  details,  see fstab(5).  Only the user that mounted a
              filesystem can unmount it again.  If any user should be able  to
              unmount,  then use users instead of user in the fstab line.

I suspect your problem lies elsewhere. You shouldn't ever be asked for your root password when using Ubuntu, as the root account is disable by default.

If you comment out that fstab entry (by adding a hash [#] to the start of the line), does the problem desist?

[Morbius1]

The user and users mount option will be ignored at boot and only comes up after everything has been mounted or if the noauto option is also included. It's explanation in the man pages is misleading because it doesn't do what the man pages implies that it does - at least not in the way it implies. In any event there are no users at the time that fstab is executed - well except for root.

UUID=93a2b065-1ddc-4710-8e3e-122ea4d5db7b /media/Tosh25_ext2 ext2 users

You might start with finishing the sentence:

UUID=93a2b065-1ddc-4710-8e3e-122ea4d5db7b /media/Tosh25_ext2 ext2 users 0 0

But at the end of the day I agree with what I think is the direction WorMzy is heading. Why have a mount expression at all in fstab for an external usb drive.

[mue.de]

Thanks for the replies,

@WorMzy

If you comment out that fstab entry (by adding a hash [#] to the start of the line), does the problem desist?

I deleted the new entry and got still the three password questions: so you're right when you say 'your problem might lies elsewhere', but it occured the first time as i added this line to the fstab.
How can i find where the three kdesudo questions have their origion?

@Morbius1

I'll try it (finishing the sentence) and reply later.
With that entry in the fstab i wanted the external usb-drive to be mounted alltimes at the same place, so that i could run a cron-job (rsync) with a fixed target-name (far saving my /home-directory).
Eventually could i have used the e2fslabel-Command for naming the usb-partition?
P.S. the origion of the kdesudo boxes:
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Thanks a lot for your replies

[jefelex]

What I want to find out is how to get execution permissions for a thumb drive that is mounted after I have already logged in. I don't want to add the thumb to my fstab (since it is not installed when I boot the computer) I know there must be a way, but I am at a loss after investigating for weeks! I'm not sure how the device is mounted in gnome - where would I change that configuration option?

The thumb drive is automatically mounted when I plug it in, and all the files are visible (although the drive mount type is msdos)

??

Is it because msdos is an insecure partition type?

John

I think that was it! I reformatted the thumbdrive to an ext4 partition, and now it works perfectly!! Thanks for your patience while I figured this out!!

[Gaijin66]

Thank you. This info was exactly what i needed. It helped me.

[aveminus]

thanx WorMzy for the tutorial that was very helpful

[StrangeKid]

It worked! Thank you so very much!

[funkeba]

wow, thanks man it was really helpful

[joerlo]

Thanks