mount: only root can mount

i installed the latest ntfs-3g driver 'ntfs-3g-1.5130' and 'ntfs-config-1.0.1' from source but now there seems to be something wrong with the permissions

i tryed to research it a little:

Code:

[user@localhost ~]$ ls -la /media
total 56
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root  4096 2008-12-30 14:28 .
drwxr-xr-x 25 root root  4096 2008-12-30 15:27 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    13 2008-12-30 14:06 .created_by_python-fstab
drwxr-xr-x  9 user root 16384 2008-12-30 14:28 disk
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 2008-12-30 13:40 extern
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    92 2008-12-30 14:28 .hal-mtab
-rw-------  1 root root     0 2008-12-30 14:28 .hal-mtab-lock
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 2008-11-09 22:59 test

and then tryed this to change permissions

Code:

[user@localhost ~]$ sudo chown root:user /media
[user@localhost ~]$ sudo chmod 775 /media

the output of 'ls -la /media' changed to this

Code:

[user@localhost ~]$ ls -la /media
total 56
drwxrwxr-x  5 root user  4096 2008-12-30 14:28 .
drwxr-xr-x 25 root root  4096 2008-12-30 15:27 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    13 2008-12-30 14:06 .created_by_python-fstab
drwxr-xr-x  9 user root 16384 2008-12-30 14:28 disk
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 2008-12-30 13:40 extern
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    92 2008-12-30 14:28 .hal-mtab
-rw-------  1 root root     0 2008-12-30 14:28 .hal-mtab-lock
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 2008-11-09 22:59 test

but i keep having the mount error. With my external ntfs drive it does not really matter, but i can't even plug in my usbstick without manually mounting.

i think my fstab got changed due to ntfs-config, but i know to litlle to make any changes to in manually.
my fstab

Code:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>

/dev/sda1       /       ext2    defaults,noatime        1       1
/dev/sdb1       /media/extern   ntfs-3g defaults,nosuid,nodev,locale=en_GB.UTF-$
/dev/sdb1       /mnt/windows    ntfs-3g defaults        0       0
none    /dev/pts        devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0       0
none    /dev/shm        tmpfs   defaults        0       0
none    /proc   proc    defaults        0       0
none    /sys    sysfs   defaults        0       0
/dev/sda2       swap    swap    defaults        0       0

#none   /tmp    tmpfs   defaults        0       0

my backup (thx god ntfs-config made one :s)

Code:

/dev/sda1          /                  ext2          defaults,noatime        1 1
none               /dev/pts           devpts        gid=5,mode=620         0 0
none               /dev/shm           tmpfs         defaults               0 0
none               /proc              proc          defaults               0 0
none               /sys               sysfs         defaults               0 0
#none               /tmp               tmpfs         defaults               0 0
/dev/sda2          swap               swap         defaults               0 0

i tryed comparing them, i tryed , it looks just like gibberish to me, can anyone help me out here?

 

Could you copy and paste the exact line and resulting error?

 

plugging in the usb stick gives this error:

Failed to mount "UDISK 2.0".
mount: only root can mount /dev/sdb1 on /mnt/windows

so it is still automounting, but it is not allowed to 'mount' as user, as thus automount gives the error seen above.

mounting works if i do:

Code:

sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/windows

if i try mounting as user, it fails:

Code:

[user@localhost ~]$ mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/windows
mount: only root can do that

somewhere in the line of installing ntfs-3g and -config, the permissions to use the 'mount' command have changed, i like to change the permissions back

thx very much for the quick reply

 

Add the "user" or "users" option in /etc/fstab for that drive. That alone will give users permission to mount and unmount. Note that no execute or suid privs are given from a user mount.

change "default" to "default,users" for that drive.

 

if i understand correctly, my fstab should look like this after editing, and the usb should be mountable by user again?

Code:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>

/dev/sda1       /       ext2    defaults,noatime        1       1
/dev/sdb1       /media/extern   ntfs-3g defaults,user,nosuid,nodev,locale=en_GB.UTF-$
/dev/sdb1       /mnt/windows    ntfs-3g defaults,user        0       0
none    /dev/pts        devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0       0
none    /dev/shm        tmpfs   defaults        0       0
none    /proc   proc    defaults        0       0
none    /sys    sysfs   defaults        0       0
/dev/sda2       swap    swap    defaults        0       0

but won't that only work with ntfs drives? because it says type: ntfs-3g??? my usb is fat16, and id like to be able to connect anything to my usb port and have it automount (if posible)

 

"user" is a handy option recognized by the "mount" commands allowing any user to mount or unmount, regardless of filesystem type.

 

i did the modification and now i have this error

Failed to mount 'UDISK 2.0'
Error opening '/dev/sdb1': Permission denied
Failed to mount '/dev/sdb1': Permission denied
Please check '/dev/sdb1' and the ntfs-3g binary permissions,
and the mounting user ID. More explanation is provided at
http://ntfs-3g.org/support.html#unprivileged.

and mount tru terminal doesn't work either

Code:

[user@localhost ~]$ mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/windows
mount: only root can do that

 

put back the old fstab from before ntfs-config, and automounting usb works

the question is, is there a way to automount my external ntfs drive, with write support?

 

with the help of this topic i found some extra information

Code:

[user@localhost etc]$ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/99-fuse.rules 
KERNEL=="fuse", NAME="%k", MODE="0666",OWNER="root",GROUP="root"

as thus, adding user to owner or group, or changing mode in 775, should do the trick, ..., i think ...., what do you think?

i'll keep ya posted

[edit] i tryedthis, but it did not work, probably because its a different distro then in the tutorial

Code:

sudo nano /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-ntfs-policy.fdi

then i pasted this:

Code:

CODE
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<!-- mount ntfs volume with the ntfs-3g driver to enable write
support

  <device>
        <match key="volume.fstype" string="ntfs">
            <match key="@block.storage_device:storage.hotpluggable" bool="true">
                <merge key="volume.fstype"
type="string">ntfs-3g</merge> <merge
key="volume.policy.mount_filesystem"
type="string">ntfs-3g</merge>
                <append key="volume.mount.valid_options"
type="strlist">locale=</append>
            </match>
        </match>
     </device>
 </deviceinfo>

and tryed to restart HA with this command but it failed

Code:

[user@localhost policy]$ /etc/init.d/dbus restart
bash: /etc/init.d/dbus: No such file or directory

as thus i shall try to reboot the whole system and see if it works.

again, i'll keep ya posted

[edit]

deleted ntfs-3g and ntfs-config tru console with

Code:

sudo make uninstall

and then reinstalled ntfs-3g, and last, i replaced my fstab with the first backup

usb works, ntfs is automounted, but READ-ONLY, now i just need to find a way to mount it as read and writeable...

 

chmod'ing /etc/udev/rules.d/99-fuse.rules has no apparant effect on auto mount

help would be appreciated

 

I was working on the same problem and got it running by performing the following steps:

1.) Update the ntfs-3g-driver to version 1.5012 via

Code:

yum update ntfs-3g

2.) Create a file 10-ntfs-policy.fdi in the directory /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor containing the following code:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
    <device>
        <match key="volume.fstype" string="ntfs">
            <match key="@block.storage_device:storage.hotpluggable" bool="true">
                <merge key="volume.fstype" type="string">ntfs-3g</merge>
                <merge key="volume.policy.mount_filesystem" type="string">ntfs-3g</merge>
                <append key="volume.mount.valid_options" type="strlist">locale=</append>
            </match>
        </match>
    </device>
</deviceinfo>

I found the code on the german Website http://www.pc-forum24.de/suse-syste...t-ntfs-3g-automatisch-schreibbar-mounten.html.
3.) Reboot your AAO.
4.) Plug in your extermal NTFS-formatted HDD. It should be automatically mounted r/w.

 

Great! worked like a charm thx a lot mate

 

EDIT - sudo mousepad /usr/bin/xfcepost & then created new file - pressumeably you can swap the paths (but it's worked!!)
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Hi

How do I write the file... I appreciate that this has got to be one of the dumbest questions, but I copied in the code from step 2 into Mousepad but it won't let me save in tht location. Being Root in Terminal doesn't help (I wasn't really expecting the two to work independently), so pessumably you need to create the file through terminal - I just don't know how.

Also this topic was created in August so perhaps somebody else could help please.

 

alt+f2 and then type "sudo mousepad"

 

hi i also have this problem in that i installed ntfs cfg and then removed it but i am now unable to auto mount any usb or memory card they are all with the identity of the ntfs hdd i tried to mount and i get the error only root can mount but it then says unknown file system ntfs-3g even though the card and hdd are fat16 and fat32 please can someone help with instructions on how to correct this i only want to be able to auto mount fat file system now
when i try to mount the fat32 drive_n_go usb hdd i get cant find /sdb1/media/drive_n_go in /ect/fstab or/ect/mtab
mike46
ps i have done a system restore now so usb auto mount is working again

mike 46