Questions tagged [fstab]
fstab is a file on in Unix / POSIX systems that stores settings about where devices system startup are mounted.
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How best to mount a drive in WSL as a shared drive?
I'm trying to simplify/automate my development environment in Windows, I have a lot of shell files I run on both Windows and the Linux subsystem, I've recently taken to editing my /etc/wsl.conf to ...
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Can’t use sudo after umount —all
I tried to unmount all of my fstab mounts by using:
sudo umount --all
Right after that i tried to remount everything by using:
sudo mount -a
But got this error:
sudo: effective uid is not 0, is /...
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Mac OS doesn't spin down drive despite fstab
I have a drive which has 2 partitions (GUID):
macOS - Data -> HFS
Windows - Data -> NTFS
I don't want to have those partitions mounted by default so I added them on fstab to ignore them on boot ...
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Ubuntu / systemd fails to mount bindfs mount on boot
On my Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS server running as KVM VM, I have defined 4 custom mount points in order to access the host's filesystem. Two of them are 9p mounts and two of them are bindfs mounts that are ...
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How to write and save changes to “/etc/fstab” after effectively breaking the “/etc/fstab” on my system. Can only boot to basic terminal
To make a long story short, and to focus the question, I basically need to get root access to my own laptop running Linux Mint to be able to save my changes to the /etc/fstab file.
More details:
I'm ...
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Processing fstab with mount -a failed
I use Windows 11 as operating system. Its build number is: 22000.348
I installed Debian from store, and then I installed Windows Subsystem for Linux Preview.
WSL version is: 2
Debian runs correctly ...
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Linux Kernel 5.15.1, fstab umask=0022, mount command shows fmask=37777600022,dmask=37777600022
I downloaded and compiled the linux-cacule (5.15 for native ntfs3 support) kernel from the AUR repo. Following the documentation here on the new ntfs3 mount option:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/...
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Ubuntu: Automount /etc/fstab with mount -a, does it disrupt already mounted devices?
Say I have /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc already mounted and I am currently copying files from one to the other. Can I safely edit /etc/fstab to also include yet unmounted /dev/sdd and do mount -a to mount it?...
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umask=0 leads to mount error 32
Like the title say I have some ext4 that mounts well without umask but are innacessible because of permissions, but leads to error wrong fs type when mounted with umask=0
I'm on a live USB. So fstab ...
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Why do ntfs entries in fstab have <pass> (fs_passno) 0? [duplicate]
I notice in my /etc/fstab that my root partition has 1 in the <pass> column, and my home partition has 2 in the <pass> column.
This is expected. From man pages:
The sixth field, (...
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How to create new users in home partition?
I reinstalled Debian 10 on my computer where my home users directory is in a separate partition. Then I mounted automatically adding the last line:
# <file system> <mount point>...
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Prevent swap formating at OS installation
For testing I've created multiple partitions (7) to install different Linux distributions.
I have a partition /dev/sda6 for Linux Swap.
Each installer (graphical install) decides to reformat this swap ...
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mounting a RAID in /etc/fstab
Hi I have a raid mounting in /etc/fstab
/dev/md/debian\:0 /home ext4 defaults 0 0
but if I do mount -a
It gives me error mount: /home: special device /dev/md/...
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btrfs volume in fstab fails to boot with compress-force
in my fstab, the btrfs volume boots with no problem when the option set is compress=zstd:15, however, as soon as i set it to compress-force=zstd:15, it fails to boot because of a failed dependency
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Selectively mount network drives for non-root users
How should one specify different mounts for different users?
The simplest use case is, that different users have their own dedicated storage space in a server (NFS or CIFS), what only they can access.
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Overriding udisks2 /media/$USER/mount with custom fixed mount point for specific volume, under Debian Buster
I am using Debian Buster, 10.7, and I am relatively new to udev/udisks2/systemd and have been making a effort to get to know them better and have learned quite a lot, though I cannot seem to figure ...
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Mounting an AFP share over/to ~/Pictures, possible stale share issue (Mac OS X, Big Sur)
I'm trying to over mount an AFP share onto ~/Pictures, and it's not quite working for some reason.
Useful information:
I'm using AutoMounter (Pro features enabled, full-disk access granted via System ...
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Mismatch between /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab
I have a mismatch between /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab.
# cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount pt> <type> <options> &...
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Do fstab options have to be the same for backup server?
I have two small Ubuntu servers in remote locations backing up data to each other. I'm trying to troubleshoot a problem, and someone suggested my filesystems might be incompatible, and to check fstab ...
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Restore fstab with correct UUID so that I can boot with crypto_LUKS partition
I ended up with this error upon boot:
Welcome to GRUB!
error: no such cryptodisk found.
error: disk 'cryptouuid/6e0637...' not found.
Entering rescue mode...
grub rescue> _
And when I boot live ...
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What are the configs to change after you decrypt a LUKS encrypted partition?
I just decrypted my root partition encrypted with LUKS2. But the fstab still shows the root with the /dev/mapper/secret entry with a different UUID than the partition. Do I have to generate the fstab ...
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Fstab: Set permissions of subdirectory
So I have this in my /etc/fstab:
UUID=B6C6ECB5C6EC76D1 /windows ntfs-3g defaults,uid=1000,gid=1000,permissions 0 0
My ssh-folder is in this partition, as a result I need to set the ...
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How to write -o permission into /etc/fstab?
Set usermap.
sudo ntfsusermap /dev/sdb2
#assign user as www-data
#assign group as www-data
Mount ntfs partition /dev/sdb2 with /mnt/winntfs.
sudo ntfs-3g -o permissions /dev/sdb2 /mnt/winntfs
Now ...
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Remove noexec from /tmp permanently
From a cloud provider I received a RHEL 7 VM which has noexec set on /tmp.
[user@myserver]mount | grep /tmp
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,seclabel)
/dev/mapper/SystemVG-var_tmp on /...
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SSH mount via fstab fails because of root ssh passphrase
At work, we have a dev environment I want to mount so I can work on it locally on Arch with i3 (Manjaro i3).
I have SSH and an SSHFS mount set up on my devenv which runs without issues, along with ...
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How do I mount a filesystem without the mount point changing owner to root?
I have two samba shares on a remote server (Debian 10, stable) on my home network. On my laptop (Debian 10 stable), I would like to automatically mount these shares to my local filesystem tree. To ...
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x2darray.mount systemd automount unit
I am trying to develop a better understanding of how luks [auto]decrypting and fs [auto]mounting operate under systemD, based on observations as I work through some issues setting up a replacement ...
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mount: /oldssd: special device /dev/sda2/ does not exist (a path prefix is not a directory)
Today my new SSD arrived from Amazon. I installed the SSD and Fedora 31 onto it. I still have my old ssd plugged in.
When I try to mount it by the path /oldssd I get error mount: /oldssd: special ...
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Mounting zfs network shares in Ubuntu LTS 20.04 using cifs- mount error(2): No such file or directory
I have 3 Thecus NAS servers: a N5500 (Firmware: 5.03.02), a N5200XXX (Firmware: 5.03.02), and a N5550, (firmware 2.06.02.5.cdv) each configured as RAID 5. The N5500 and the N5200XXX are using zfs and ...
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Sharing a partition between Arch & Ubuntu
I've just installed Arch linux to go alongside Ubuntu, and I'm having some trouble sharing a partition between the two. I've created it in both distros' fstabs, looking like this:
UUID=<uuid> ...
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Can't get /boot partition to function, installing debian from host machine: Arch linux
I am trying to be a better Unix user. I want to dual boot my arch-linux virtual machine with Debian. I am using VirtualBox.
I am installing Debian through the arch-linux environment (https://www....
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fstab configuration: How to run automatic fsck scan on external harddrive at boot and automate backup to external hard drive
I have an external hard drive (type ext4) to which I make a daily backup of my /home folder and postgresql database via an anacron script. I have run into two problems:
1.) When the computer (Ubuntu ...
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What is the difference between mount -a and mount -o remount /dir?
I have created a new filesystem and mounted it :
mount /dev/sda5 /dir
Then I added the information about it to the /etc/fstab file so that the filesystem is always mounted at the boot process.
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Locked out of Debian embedded device after mistake in fstab
I am working with an embedded Linux device with Debian 9 installed. The device has an internal storage and the option to extend the storage with a sd card. I want to use the extra sd card for ...
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How to delete system apps in macOS Catalina?
It looks like changes Apple has made in macOS Catalina make it harder to delete system apps.
I upgraded my work computer to Catalina today (standard Mac mini), and with it came some new (and some old)...
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how to fix broken fstab that causes / read-only on remote VM?
I broke my fstab by a multi line paste of commands on an AWS ec2.
by some sort of miracle, the os still boots. output of mount:
ec2-user@host:~ $ mount
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,...
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Skip mounting of nfs after three attempts
I am using RHEL 6.5 in my company and using a file server(NFS).
I have put a mount point address to file server in the client's fstab file like this
10.9.9.25:/opt/Files /opt/Files nfs ...
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NFS Mount works manually, but fstab entry fails
using the command
sudo mount 192.168.1.120:/complete /mnt/complete
works fine, and I can now see the network files in /mnt/complete. But if I add the exact same command (minus the sudo) to /etc/...
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Linux fstab cifs NAS mount shows empty folder
I am trying to mount my Nas in my home directory. This is also no problem at first, but when I restart my laptop Linux mounts it as a network, but the folder is empty. It also only shows the available ...
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FSTAB configuration issue
I have a partition /dev/xvdb which is formatted as ext4
When I try to mount using the below command, it works:
sudo mount /dev/xvdb /mnt/app
But I want it to mount automatically. So I made the ...
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I can't sudo apt upgrade
I have a new installation of Linux Mint and I cant run apt upgrade without getting this response. How can I fix it?
Sorry that it's in german.
me@mypc:~$ sudo apt upgrade
Paketlisten werden gelesen.....
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no UUID for partition when partitioning new disk
I am working on partitioning a new disk, on which nothing is stored yet, so I also need a completely new partition table etc. To try doing this I first made a gpt partition table and then assigned all ...
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Why is /dev/sdxy not recommended when using fstab?
I was reading fstab documentation and they mentioned it is not recommended to use /dev/sdxy in fstab
Device : /dev/sdxy (not recommended)
I use the same method to mount my hard disk every time. I ...
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Changing file permissions after mounting with fstab
I want to mount a drive with following default permissions:
files: -rw-r--r--
folders: drwxr-xr-x
owned by default user/group (1000)
Which lead me to this fstab entry:
UUID=XXX /media/drive ntfs ...
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fstab noauto, but automatic if you click on folder
I have a notebook here and network shares. Normally I would want to get them mounted on boot, but this wouldn't be so good on a notebook which isn't allways connected to the right network. So I put an ...
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Wait for a specific network to be up before mounting in /etc/fstab (multiple interfaces)
I want to mount a samba share from my NAS on /mnt/Media on boot via cifs.
I already added an entry to /etc/fstab (incl. _netdev option).
The connection to the NAS is a separate point to point ...
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Mounting USB drive at boot up on a virtualized instance of fedora
I am running Fedora inside of a Type 1 hypervisor(ESXi). In the VM's settings, I am making 2 USB devices available to it, both are of the exact model and storage capacities, however, one is named "AZS"...
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RAID card overwrites disk's filesystem signature - and fstab can't mount it
I have a RAID card (Sil3124) in an Ubuntu 18.10 machine. I want to connect independent disks (ext4) to it.
After connecting, I find an entry in lsblk with FSTYPE = silicon_medley_raid_member (the ...
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CIFS mount from fstab not working
This method used to work with RHEL 5, and 6, so I used to just add this Line in /etc/fstab:
\\192.168.1.50\V$ /mnt/N cifs user,uid=500,rw,suid,username=Administrator,password=password 0 ...
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A USB drive appears to be unmounting randomly. How do I troubleshoot this?
I have a USB drive holding files for a Plex server. The mounted folder is also shared on my home network using Samba.
Nothing has changed recently in either Samba or Plex's config.
Lately, the drive ...
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