[Discuss] Mounting USB drives

[Cy Schubert]

In message <b330d517-ea95-24bc-b22c-f758bcf8d0ca at ming.org>, brendan writes:
> you can specify in fstab that a non-root user is able to mount/unmount a
> device. see the "non-superuser mounts" section in the mount manpage:
> http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/mount.8.html
> 
> additionally, the "noauto" option will stop it from trying to mount the
> usb drive at boot.

This takes manual intervention.




> 
> 
> On 2017-08-15 10:14 AM, John Blomfield wrote:
> > Hi Ron,
> > Yes, and this would mount the USB drive at boot time if it's plugged
> > in but if it's not plugged in boot tends to hang.
> > I want to plug in the USB drive after boot is complete and mounting
> > requires root.
> >
> > John
> >
> > On 2017-08-15 09:53 AM, Ron De Beck wrote:
> >> Hi John,
> >>     Probably a dumb question.
> >> Is there a setting that can be
> >> added to fstab line for the device
> >> using a specific UUID?
> >>
> >
> 
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