On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 10:23 am, charlie wrote: > Hoping someone might be able to help me. > Mandrake 9.1 > Created 2 data partitions previously vfat to ext3 on install > I was able to mount and write to them as root right from the start, > but not as user, then :- > I have been able to mount them as user, with some trial and error > and frustration. But am still unable to write to them as user. > > Below is part of my /etc/fstab file showing the recalcitrant > partitions. > > /dev/hda6 /mnt/slack ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hde7 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hdf1 /mnt/Mdk9_0 ext3 user,defaults 1 2 is from my fstab. <snip> > The /etc/fstab entry at least allow me to mount the filesystems as > user. > > Access is denied to user. anything can be done as root. > > Heeeeelp, I may have missed something obvious. > I do not plan to create any more ext3 data partitions if I am > unable to mount them as user? Maybe this is normal with ext3 > partitions? It certainly isn't. > In the past leaving them as FAT32 was so that they > could be accessed by both windows and Linux, but on the way to > moving to native Linux alone, I wanted to use ext3 data partitions. > I haven't yet converted my vfat partitions, so don't know if it throws up dodgy fstab entries, but comparing yours with mine above should help you get them reading/writing. HTH Anne
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