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How to set fstab to be able to umount my external HDDs under normal user account?
Can't mount EXT4 hard drive after mounting it in windowsError mounting drivesUnable to change permissions of file system rootNew SSD only mounts after issuing blkid command. [Ubuntu 14.04]USB hard drive doesn't auto mountExternal HDD won't Mount during BootWrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdaXVirtualbox VMDK to bootable usb stick not workingTrigger script to run when USB drive connected with no user logged on on Ubuntu 18.04SSD clone doesn't boot or mount correctly
System: Linux Mint 19.1 Cinnamon.
Disks in this question are considered external HDDs either ext4 or ntfs formatted.
I am interested in how do I manage to set my fstab or whatever else to be able to Unmount (umount) those external HDDs under my normal user account?
I have:
one External hard disk over USB 3.0 formatted as
ext4one External hard disk over USB 2.0 formatted as
ntfs
Relevant parts of my fstab:
UUID=<the UUID of the Ext4 disk drive> /mnt/external-hdd-2tb-usb3-ext4 ext4 nosuid,nodev,nofail 0 0
UUID=<the UUID of the NTFS disk drive> /mnt/external-hdd-500gb-usb2-ntfs ntfs nosuid,nodev,nofail 0 0
mount fstab disk automounting
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System: Linux Mint 19.1 Cinnamon.
Disks in this question are considered external HDDs either ext4 or ntfs formatted.
I am interested in how do I manage to set my fstab or whatever else to be able to Unmount (umount) those external HDDs under my normal user account?
I have:
one External hard disk over USB 3.0 formatted as
ext4one External hard disk over USB 2.0 formatted as
ntfs
Relevant parts of my fstab:
UUID=<the UUID of the Ext4 disk drive> /mnt/external-hdd-2tb-usb3-ext4 ext4 nosuid,nodev,nofail 0 0
UUID=<the UUID of the NTFS disk drive> /mnt/external-hdd-500gb-usb2-ntfs ntfs nosuid,nodev,nofail 0 0
mount fstab disk automounting
asked yesterday
VlastimilVlastimil
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System: Linux Mint 19.1 Cinnamon.
Disks in this question are considered external HDDs either ext4 or ntfs formatted.
I am interested in how do I manage to set my fstab or whatever else to be able to Unmount (umount) those external HDDs under my normal user account?
I have:
one External hard disk over USB 3.0 formatted as
ext4one External hard disk over USB 2.0 formatted as
ntfs
Relevant parts of my fstab:
UUID=<the UUID of the Ext4 disk drive> /mnt/external-hdd-2tb-usb3-ext4 ext4 nosuid,nodev,nofail 0 0
UUID=<the UUID of the NTFS disk drive> /mnt/external-hdd-500gb-usb2-ntfs ntfs nosuid,nodev,nofail 0 0
mount fstab disk automounting
asked yesterday
VlastimilVlastimil
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System: Linux Mint 19.1 Cinnamon.
Disks in this question are considered external HDDs either ext4 or ntfs formatted.
I am interested in how do I manage to set my fstab or whatever else to be able to Unmount (umount) those external HDDs under my normal user account?
I have:
one External hard disk over USB 3.0 formatted as
ext4one External hard disk over USB 2.0 formatted as
ntfs
Relevant parts of my fstab:
UUID=<the UUID of the Ext4 disk drive> /mnt/external-hdd-2tb-usb3-ext4 ext4 nosuid,nodev,nofail 0 0
UUID=<the UUID of the NTFS disk drive> /mnt/external-hdd-500gb-usb2-ntfs ntfs nosuid,nodev,nofail 0 0
mount fstab disk automounting
mount fstab disk automounting
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You actually might not need to do the first step, I will test this later - tomorrow onwards.
First, I found out I needed to add myself to disk user group with:
sudo usermod -aG disk YourUserName
Second, you need to add users option to your fstab entries.
Working example on my setup:
UUID=<the UUID of the Ext4 disk drive> /mnt/external-hdd-2tb-usb3-ext4 ext4 nosuid,nodev,nofail,users 0 0
UUID=<the UUID of the NTFS disk drive> /mnt/external-hdd-500gb-usb2-ntfs ntfs nosuid,nodev,nofail,users 0 0
This will allow you (upon reboot) to execute for example:
umount /dev/sdX1
as an ordinary user without sudo.
Additionally, on Linux Mint, there is a Disks GUI, where you can then even power off those drives, I stress: once you unmounted them!, by pressing the Power off this disk button in the top bar, on the right:
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VlastimilVlastimil
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Are you sure you need to add yourself to thediskgroup? That’s rather dangerous since processes running as you can now write directly to all disk devices. In my setup,usersin/etc/fstabis sufficient, as long as mounting/unmounting is done consistently — i.e.umountworks if the disks were mounted withmount, not if they were mounted byudisksor some other mechanism.
– Stephen Kitt
yesterday
@StephenKitt Not sure. I will stress it now, and continue testing tomorrow ok? Too much work today.
– Vlastimil
yesterday
Of course, there’s no rush ;-).
– Stephen Kitt
yesterday
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You actually might not need to do the first step, I will test this later - tomorrow onwards.
First, I found out I needed to add myself to disk user group with:
sudo usermod -aG disk YourUserName
Second, you need to add users option to your fstab entries.
Working example on my setup:
UUID=<the UUID of the Ext4 disk drive> /mnt/external-hdd-2tb-usb3-ext4 ext4 nosuid,nodev,nofail,users 0 0
UUID=<the UUID of the NTFS disk drive> /mnt/external-hdd-500gb-usb2-ntfs ntfs nosuid,nodev,nofail,users 0 0
This will allow you (upon reboot) to execute for example:
umount /dev/sdX1
as an ordinary user without sudo.
Additionally, on Linux Mint, there is a Disks GUI, where you can then even power off those drives, I stress: once you unmounted them!, by pressing the Power off this disk button in the top bar, on the right:
answered yesterday
VlastimilVlastimil
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Are you sure you need to add yourself to thediskgroup? That’s rather dangerous since processes running as you can now write directly to all disk devices. In my setup,usersin/etc/fstabis sufficient, as long as mounting/unmounting is done consistently — i.e.umountworks if the disks were mounted withmount, not if they were mounted byudisksor some other mechanism.
– Stephen Kitt
yesterday
@StephenKitt Not sure. I will stress it now, and continue testing tomorrow ok? Too much work today.
– Vlastimil
yesterday
Of course, there’s no rush ;-).
– Stephen Kitt
yesterday
add a comment |
You actually might not need to do the first step, I will test this later - tomorrow onwards.
First, I found out I needed to add myself to disk user group with:
sudo usermod -aG disk YourUserName
Second, you need to add users option to your fstab entries.
Working example on my setup:
UUID=<the UUID of the Ext4 disk drive> /mnt/external-hdd-2tb-usb3-ext4 ext4 nosuid,nodev,nofail,users 0 0
UUID=<the UUID of the NTFS disk drive> /mnt/external-hdd-500gb-usb2-ntfs ntfs nosuid,nodev,nofail,users 0 0
This will allow you (upon reboot) to execute for example:
umount /dev/sdX1
as an ordinary user without sudo.
Additionally, on Linux Mint, there is a Disks GUI, where you can then even power off those drives, I stress: once you unmounted them!, by pressing the Power off this disk button in the top bar, on the right:
answered yesterday
VlastimilVlastimil
8,3431465145
Are you sure you need to add yourself to thediskgroup? That’s rather dangerous since processes running as you can now write directly to all disk devices. In my setup,usersin/etc/fstabis sufficient, as long as mounting/unmounting is done consistently — i.e.umountworks if the disks were mounted withmount, not if they were mounted byudisksor some other mechanism.
– Stephen Kitt
yesterday
@StephenKitt Not sure. I will stress it now, and continue testing tomorrow ok? Too much work today.
– Vlastimil
yesterday
Of course, there’s no rush ;-).
– Stephen Kitt
yesterday
add a comment |
You actually might not need to do the first step, I will test this later - tomorrow onwards.
First, I found out I needed to add myself to disk user group with:
sudo usermod -aG disk YourUserName
Second, you need to add users option to your fstab entries.
Working example on my setup:
UUID=<the UUID of the Ext4 disk drive> /mnt/external-hdd-2tb-usb3-ext4 ext4 nosuid,nodev,nofail,users 0 0
UUID=<the UUID of the NTFS disk drive> /mnt/external-hdd-500gb-usb2-ntfs ntfs nosuid,nodev,nofail,users 0 0
This will allow you (upon reboot) to execute for example:
umount /dev/sdX1
as an ordinary user without sudo.
Additionally, on Linux Mint, there is a Disks GUI, where you can then even power off those drives, I stress: once you unmounted them!, by pressing the Power off this disk button in the top bar, on the right:
answered yesterday
VlastimilVlastimil
8,3431465145
You actually might not need to do the first step, I will test this later - tomorrow onwards.
First, I found out I needed to add myself to disk user group with:
sudo usermod -aG disk YourUserName
Second, you need to add users option to your fstab entries.
Working example on my setup:
UUID=<the UUID of the Ext4 disk drive> /mnt/external-hdd-2tb-usb3-ext4 ext4 nosuid,nodev,nofail,users 0 0
UUID=<the UUID of the NTFS disk drive> /mnt/external-hdd-500gb-usb2-ntfs ntfs nosuid,nodev,nofail,users 0 0
This will allow you (upon reboot) to execute for example:
umount /dev/sdX1
as an ordinary user without sudo.
Additionally, on Linux Mint, there is a Disks GUI, where you can then even power off those drives, I stress: once you unmounted them!, by pressing the Power off this disk button in the top bar, on the right:
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Are you sure you need to add yourself to thediskgroup? That’s rather dangerous since processes running as you can now write directly to all disk devices. In my setup,usersin/etc/fstabis sufficient, as long as mounting/unmounting is done consistently — i.e.umountworks if the disks were mounted withmount, not if they were mounted byudisksor some other mechanism.
– Stephen Kitt
yesterday
@StephenKitt Not sure. I will stress it now, and continue testing tomorrow ok? Too much work today.
– Vlastimil
yesterday
Of course, there’s no rush ;-).
– Stephen Kitt
yesterday
add a comment |
Are you sure you need to add yourself to thediskgroup? That’s rather dangerous since processes running as you can now write directly to all disk devices. In my setup,usersin/etc/fstabis sufficient, as long as mounting/unmounting is done consistently — i.e.umountworks if the disks were mounted withmount, not if they were mounted byudisksor some other mechanism.
– Stephen Kitt
yesterday
@StephenKitt Not sure. I will stress it now, and continue testing tomorrow ok? Too much work today.
– Vlastimil
yesterday
Of course, there’s no rush ;-).
– Stephen Kitt
yesterday
Are you sure you need to add yourself to the
disk group? That’s rather dangerous since processes running as you can now write directly to all disk devices. In my setup, users in /etc/fstab is sufficient, as long as mounting/unmounting is done consistently — i.e. umount works if the disks were mounted with mount, not if they were mounted by udisks or some other mechanism.– Stephen Kitt
yesterday
Are you sure you need to add yourself to the
disk group? That’s rather dangerous since processes running as you can now write directly to all disk devices. In my setup, users in /etc/fstab is sufficient, as long as mounting/unmounting is done consistently — i.e. umount works if the disks were mounted with mount, not if they were mounted by udisks or some other mechanism.– Stephen Kitt
yesterday
@StephenKitt Not sure. I will stress it now, and continue testing tomorrow ok? Too much work today.
– Vlastimil
yesterday
@StephenKitt Not sure. I will stress it now, and continue testing tomorrow ok? Too much work today.
– Vlastimil
yesterday
Of course, there’s no rush ;-).
– Stephen Kitt
yesterday
Of course, there’s no rush ;-).
– Stephen Kitt
yesterday
add a comment |
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