External ext3 hdd automounting as root

[schoey]

Hi there,

I have an external 320G hdd with an ext3 partition that auto mounts as root whenever I plug it in, so I can't write to it (without becoming root) . I am able to mount it manually as a normal user and use it, but I want to be able to just plug it in and go. I also have an 80G drive with 2 ext3 partitions that auto mount as a normal user whenever plugged in and my flash drives all mount as a normal user as well.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

[penguin.ch]

Re: External ext3 hdd automounting as root

Obviously, there must be some difference in your setup of the large vs. the smaller partition(s) ...

- What do the according mount points look like?
- Are any of them being mentioned in /etc/fstab?
- What does /etc/mtab tell about these "disks"?

[schoey]

Re: External ext3 hdd automounting as root

Thanks for the quick reply,

all the disks usually end up mounted at /media/disk or /media/disk-1,
the flash drives at various /media/flash, /media/KINGMAX etc....

None are configured in /etc/fstab,

/etc/mtab with the 320G disk plugged in by itself:

/dev/sda1 / ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0
/sys /sys sysfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0
varrun /var/run tmpfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755 0 0
varlock /var/lock tmpfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777 0 0
procbususb /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0
udev /dev tmpfs rw,mode=0755 0 0
devshm /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
lrm /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/volatile tmpfs rw 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /media/ext3disk ext3 rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,sync,data=ordered 0 0

[penguin.ch]

Re: External ext3 hdd automounting as root

/dev/sdb1 /media/ext3disk ext3 rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,sync,data=ordered 0 0

Hmmm ... and how about sudo chmod 777 /media/ext3disk (with the partition mounted) ...?

[schoey]

Re: External ext3 hdd automounting as root

Problem solved.
thanks for that, I'm new to this auto mounting stuff, I thought of modifying permissions but thought they would not be preserved across a unplug/replug cycle.

Much appreciated.

[penguin.ch]

Re: External ext3 hdd automounting as root

Problem solved

Don't except too much, though - "Feisty" is well known for acting up in the face of USB disks