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    Adding other partitions and remote images to /etc/fstab

    Is there a utility buried somewhere that provides a nice interface for adding entries to /etc/fstab for other partitions on the same machine and also for images on other networked machines? I can't find anything for that in Systems Settings, which is where I'd expect to find it. It is, of course, possible to do some of that during the initial installation -- but how about afterwards?

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    Re: Adding other partitions and remote images to /etc/fstab

    well for other partitions on the box you could use system settings>removable devices
    or they should show in dolphins places panel ware their just a click and password away.


    the network drives depend on how their being shared I believe.

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      Other partitions ain't removable

      Yes, there does seem to be something for handling the other partitions under "removable media" -- a misleading label since they aren't removable. And I can't find anything there for naming the mount points.

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        Re: Adding other partitions and remote images to /etc/fstab

        Originally posted by pwabrahams
        Yes, there does seem to be something for handling the other partitions under "removable media" -- a misleading label since they aren't removable. And I can't find anything there for naming the mount points.
        the mount points will be handled automatically by hall/dbus .

        and added to /media

        as if you clicked it in dolphin's places panel it get's added to /media/disk ....... for me

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          #5
          Renaming the mount points

          Is there a way to rename the mount points to more meaningful names, other than by editing /etc/fstab?

          Maybe this will clear up after a reboot, but it required root permission to access one of those partitions.

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            Re: Adding other partitions and remote images to /etc/fstab

            You can, after the partition has been mounted, change the ownership to user:root where user is your user name. This then avoids the prompt for your password when the partition is accessed [read:mounted].

            As an example, if my external USB HD, which is not listed in /etc/fstab, is accessed via Dolphin, and gets mounted to /media/disk-1, then I open a console and type:
            Code:
            sudo chown paul:root /media/disk-1
            Now, anytime that I access this HD, it gets mounted with me as the owner, and root as the group. I have full access to it, and am not prompted for my password.
            Windows no longer obstructs my view.
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              Re: Renaming the mount points

              Originally posted by pwabrahams
              Is there a way to rename the mount points to more meaningful names, other than by editing /etc/fstab?
              There is, it's called pysdm
              Code:
              sudo apt-get install pysdm
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                Re: Adding other partitions and remote images to /etc/fstab

                You can try out Partitionmanager - just install the package of the same name. It allows you to manage your partitions, change the mount points etc.
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                  Networked filesystems

                  How about networked filesystems? pysdm doesn't seem to have any facilities for them. That seems to be one of those things that Windows handles better than Linux.

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