Hi Hemant, This may be too late a reply, (you might have already found out the solution) but still here it is....
man page for mount says "Normally, only the superuser can mount file systems. However, when *fstab* contains the *user* option on a line, anybody can mount the corresponding system. Thus, given a line */dev/cdrom /cd iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide* any user can mount the iso9660 file system found on his CDROM using the command *mount /dev/cdrom"* So in your case, you may want to add the following entry to /etc/fstab /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbdrive vfat user,noauto post this, you can plug in the USB device and issue mount /mnt/usbdrive as any normal user. Please check the man page for mount for a better explanation of all the options. Regards Subhasis On 4/26/07, Sharad Birmiwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You don't mount /dev/sda but /dev/sda1 (see dmesg output for list of > partitions available on sda). > Do "su" first and then try mounting the device. From the same root > terminal, > see if you are able to see the contents of the partition. Are you sure it > has vfat file-system? > Mounting it should be as simple as > # mkdir /mnt/usb > # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb > # ls /mnt/usb > > > Sharad Birmiwal > > > On 4/25/07, hemant ritturaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ** > > On 4/25/07, Shakthi Kannan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > On 4/25/07, hemant ritturaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am wokring with fedora core 4 > > > > > > Any recent for not upgrading to FC6? > > > No specific reason as such but dnt want to upgrade at this moment to > > FC6 > > > > when it is plugged in to usb it doesnot automount but it shows the > > mount > > > > point in fstab > > > > > > What entry? AFAIK, /etc/fstab is a text file that is not updated by > > > hotplug events. > > > > > > > > I dnt have any knowldge of how else i can make it mounted > > > > made changes in fstab such as this > > > */dev/sda /home/helpero/Desktop/flash vfat > > > users,noauto,uid=helpero,gid=users 0 0* > > > > > > > > > > > but when i try to mount it through user it gives a mount > > > > error > > > > mount: can only be mount bt superuser > > > > > > Can you mount it as a root user? > > > > Yes thru root it mounts but is able to write only as root not as user > > > > > > > I tried all the possible ways like putting it /etc/fstab > > > > > > Such as? > > > > > > > How can i automount any USB ??? > > > > > > I want as i plug the device it should be automounted on the system > > > > Recent distros should automount USB devices for you with udev. After > > > you plug-in the device, post output of: > > > The message it give is > > > > > > > /bin/dmesg | tail > > > sda: Write Protect is off > > > sda: Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00 > > > sda: assuming drive cache: write through > > > SCSI device sda: 2015232 512-byte hdwr sectors (1032 MB) > > > sda: Write Protect is off > > > sda: Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00 > > > sda: assuming drive cache: write through > > > sda: sda1 > > > Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi12, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 > > > usb-storage: device scan complete > > > > > > SK > > > > > > -- > > > Shakthi Kannan > > > http://www.shakthimaan.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] > > > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > > > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Hemant Ritturaj Kushwaha > > _______________________________________________ > > ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] > > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
