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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alpine diskless install mount ext4 with specified user and group permission
How can I mount an ext4 formatted disk on startup with a specific user and group on an diskless Alpine installation? When I mount the disk and change the user and group with chown and chmod it is not ...
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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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How to set the default group, file permissions, and folder permissions, for an ext4 mount point?
I have an ext4 disk/partition on my machine and I want to make it so, by default:
All files/folders have the group set to groupA
All files have:
user permissions rw
group permissions rw so folks in ...
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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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systemd / udisksd ignores /etc/fstab for mounting a Kindle as a mass storage device
For a Debian 10 machine, I have /etc/fstab set up like this for USB mass storage things:
/dev/sdc1 /flash auto user,noauto 0 0
/dev/sdd1 /flash2 auto user,noauto 0 ...
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Read only file system error and Input/output error very frequently in Centos 7
command :cd
-bash: cannot create temp file for here-document: Input/output error
command :sudo reboot
-bash: cannot create temp file for here-document: Read-only file system
This is the ...
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automounted btrfs disk array is mounted twice, in both /mnt and /media
I'm configuring a new ubuntu20.04 machine, otherwise vanilla, with an existing disk array: 3 disks, btrfs-in-luks (no LVM), raid 1.
via crypttab/cryptsetup and fstab I have it set up to mount in /mnt/...
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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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Random LUKS disks won't mount after adding new disks
I have a JBOD array of disks running on Ubuntu 18.04. For the sake of not having to deal with wiping them if/when fail they are all an XFS partition within a LUKS container.
In /etc/crypttab I have ...
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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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How does mount use fstab to mount directories?
A coworker asked me to help mount a shared Windows 10 folder in an Arch Linux guest using VirtualBox. The system had been set up by another coworker who was out to lunch.
The folder to be shared was ...
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mount ignores umask option in /etc/fstab for NTFS drive
I have a 1TB NTFS drive that I'm trying to mount using /etc/fstab at boot.
The entry in /etc/fstab looks like this:
UUID=0C6C7C9D6C7C82EE /mnt/ext1tb ntfs umask=707 0 2
The drive gets properly ...
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Slow hard disk write performance in Ubuntu 16.04
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS where the OS resides on a SSD. I also have three harddisks (3 TB, 3 TB, and 500 GB) and whenever I copy something from the SSD or another HDD to one of the three HDDs I only ...
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Content gets deleted from a mountpoint after reboot
I created a mount point in an existing setup with this command:
mount -o loop /comptel
and made an entry to /etc/fstab as well which looks like this:
#tmpfs /comptel tmpfs defaults,loop,...
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Recover/reinstall UEFI partition after dd to /null
Has you can guess from the tittle I'm a moron. I got angry against an USB key and try to format it's partitions with a dd and /null , but instead I deleted my sda1 and sda2 partitions.
I realized ...
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Mount point permissions changing after `mount -a`
I am using my raspberry pi as a plex server and have having serious problems with one of the shared folder...
Related to my Synology NAS
All three are on my local network Synology NAS:
"music" is ...
