[hyeteck]

the uid and gid were both 1000 so i set that and tried to mount it but i got the following error

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc1,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

so then i rebooted the system and the drive didn't mount. I tried mounting it again with "mount -a" and it gave the same error.

[hyeteck]

after getting that error i did a "dmesg tail" and i got the following output for the related issue

EXT3-fs: Unrecognized mount option "uid=1000" or missing value

[likwid]

What are the permissions of the /mnt/maxtor directory before you mount the drive? Do you have RSBAC or SeLinux?

[hyeteck]

I am not sure what RSBAC and SeLinux are but i can read and write to the /mnt/maxtor directory both with root and as user before mounting the drive there.

i even created a maxtor directory in my home directory and tried mounting it there and have the same issues.

Could it be an issue with the drive? i used gparted live cd to partition and format it.

[likwid]

Originally Posted by devils_casper

add this code in /etc/fstab file.

/dev/hdc1     /mnt/maxtor    ext3    defaults 0 0

execute 'mount -a' after editing fstab file.







Casper

If it's already mounted he's going to have to execute mount -o remount /device after editing fstab. He should add that line to fstab and type

mount -o remount /mnt/maxtor


Default umask is not going to let anything other than root uid write to the drive. You have to add the uid or gid option so it's mounted under your user, or you have to create a directory as root on the drive, then set proper permissions.

[gruven]

If I recall, umask only applies to ntfs and fat drives. uid and gid may only work on those, but I am not sure.

If you want to have read/write access from a normal user, then after the drive is mounted, you will have to chown or chmod the drive.

I would create a group that has write access to the drive, and then chown the drive to root:whatever group, chmod 770, and then add your user to that group.

Or, you could just chown the drive to your user, if you are the only one on that computer.

Make sure the drive is mounted when you do the chown, or it won't carry over to the new filesystem.

Then, you can just mount it normally in fstab, with no special options.

I have found that for ext2/3 and other linux file systems, that is about the only way to do it.

[hyeteck]

how do u create a new group and give the group write access to that drive?

[gruven]

If you aren't comfortable using cli, then both kde and gnome can do this for you.

I believe that it is under the "Users and Groups" menu selection on both, but not sure.

If you want to do it the cli way, then you would (as root):

#groupadd foo
#chown root:foo /mnt/maxtor
#chmod 770 /mnt/maxtor
#
#usermod -G <comma separated group list> <user id> (you can manually edit /etc/groups to 
add your user to the group instead of using usermod, because using usermod, you will have to 
list all groups that the user is a member of as it is an absolute list, not an append-to.  
If you leave out a group, that member will be taken out of the group you leave out.

Here is a link that will help you:
http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/Lin...ingGroups.html
The link will explain everything to you.
It will be a lot easier if you want to use the gui, as you can just click on the group, and click edit, and add your user.

[hyeteck]

thanks...i'll give this a try tonight and see how it goes.

[devils casper]

Originally Posted by likwid

If it's already mounted he's going to have to execute mount -o remount /device after editing fstab. He should add that line to fstab and type

mount -o remount /mnt/maxtor

this command is for partitions having 'noauto' option set.
if you use 'defaults' option in fstab file then 'mount -a' command will remount partition.





Casper