CentOS unmount issues

I have a NTFS drive that is mounted by root. When root logsout, the drive automatically unmounts and is not visible on the GUI. How can the drive stay mounted after root logsout?

Hi and welcome.

Define the mountpoint in /etc/fstab.

the drive is not identified in /etc/fstab. We mounted it after booting the system while logged on as root. When root logsout, the drive automatically unmounts. Is this normal?

I meant: Add the line to /etc/fstab.

Something like

Code:

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mkdir -p /mnt/windowsdata

In /etc/fstab:
/dev/<NTFSPARTITION> /mnt/windowsdata        ntfs    defaults,umask=007 0 0

Then
mount /mnt/windowsdata

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Replace <NTFSPARTITION> with an appropiate device.

Also, different/additional mountoptions like uid or gid might be of interest.
The man page has more details.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by generye

the drive is not identified in /etc/fstab. We mounted it after booting the system while logged on as root. When root logsout, the drive automatically unmounts. Is this normal?

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Normal, yes. That's why you need to add it to fstab if you want it to be available all the time.