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bibilit

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Posted: July 13 2005,19:24

Hi,

Long time since i played with DSL, but now have a small problem.

last time i used it, mounting my hd was easy, can't remember had to be root to do so.

Problem, if i mount the hard disc as root, cannot have access to any file out of the terminal.

Did i something wrong, or did i miss something ??

mikshaw

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Posted: July 13 2005,21:59

It could be just the syntax you used to mount the drive.
If you use the device name, filesystem type, and mountpoint, I think it is mounted with default options, which means only root can mount, and only root can access. As far as I know, fstab is not read in this situation.
If you specify only a mountpoint or device, as long as it is listed in /etc/fstab, i think options are read from fstab, which should allow normal user access.

I'm just guessing here...seems like i've run into similar situations in the past.

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bibilit

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Posted: July 14 2005,05:15

Hi Milkshaw,

The syntax i used to mount the device was :

mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ( /mnt/hda1 was already created ) ... you mean i should only try :
mount /dev/hda1 ??

i dont remember using that before, can't even mount floppy drive as user.

/etc/fstab is ok as far as i know, "users" being specified

ke4nt1

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Posted: July 14 2005,05:40

Do you have any issues using the mount.app tool in the dockapps toolbar?

You shouldn't have to "root" to anything for it to work ..

Let us know..

73
ke4nt

bibilit

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Posted: July 14 2005,05:52

Hi, thanks to you both for replying.

Once again has been a long time since i used DSL !!

Milkshaw, you were right, using mount /dev/hda1 as syntax solved my problem.

Ke4nt1, of course the tool in the dockapps is working, but i wanted to do "the command line" this time, and wanted to know why it was not working.

Thanks again

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