How to remount a drive without root?
I want to allow a user script to remount a drive as "ro" or "rw".By using the user option in the fstab, I can successfully mount and unmount the drive as a user but the -o remount,rw fails.Is it not...
View ArticleHost and fstab file messed up after try to change swap size
I was trying to increase the swap size of my Ubuntu. I, naïve, followed the steps of this answer:Check the swap that is in use:sudo swapon -sIf swap partition(s) are found:sudo swapoff -asudo nano -Bw...
View ArticleUnexpected behaviour in Window for logging into SMB sharing mounted NTFS drives
I have an NTFS drive that is mounted with ntfs-3g in Ubuntu to be used for SMB file sharing.A linux user called john is created and currently on his own group - john.I have also created another linux...
View Articleroot fs remounted automatically with USB drive plugged in
Hi experts and fellows,Im running Ubuntu 22.04.3 on an ODROID N2+ SBC from 128GB MMC and having an issue with remounted root filesystem when plugging in an USB Drive.Situation"boot" is mounted on...
View ArticleUbuntu booting to maintenance mode after altering /etc/fstab
I've got a file server running Ubuntu Server LTS 16.04.1.Originally it had 2 hard drives, the first running my OS (swap and boot), the second was strictly a media storage drive (1 whole partition with...
View ArticleMounting Synology NAS with NFSv4 in Ubuntu 22.04
I'd been using Debian for ages, but had hardware issues where certain devices (mostly audio devices) never worked. I switched to Ubuntu 22.04 recently and set up my user with the same uid and gid as...
View Articledavfs2: /sbin/mount.davfs: different URL in /etc/fstab
I am trying to mount a webdav server in /etc/fstab with davfs, but when i try open this in my file manager (Thunar) i will get the error:Failed to mount "My Folder"/sbin/mount.davfs: different URL in...
View ArticleHow do I permanently mount a windows network share in Ubuntu?
I'm trying to figure out how to permanently mount a windows network share in Ubuntu. Can anyone help me with the required steps?
View Articlemount error(115): Operation now in progress. Refer to the mount.cifs(8)...
I am following the steps listed here to try to get my WD Passport Wireless Pro 3TB HDD to work with Lubuntu 18.04: http://tutodir.com/how-to-mount-wd-my-passport-wireless-pro-on-ubuntu/I run into the...
View ArticleUnmounting partiton on shutdown shows failure
I have the following in /etc/fstab:LABEL=cloudimg-rootfs / ext4 discard,errors=remount-ro 0 1UUID=8ff5xx.. /home ext4 defaults 0 2 UUID=c954xx.. /home/mail ext4 defaults 0 2 /swapfile swap swap...
View ArticleUsername option while mounting Windows share without sudo /Ubuntu 22.04 server
If I try to mount Windows network share it uses actual Ubuntu user instead of given username.mount -t cifs -o vers=3.0.2 -o username=Windows_username //share /mnt/smbPassword for...
View ArticleCIFS Windows 10 mount is read only
I am running Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS trying to mount (CIFS/Samba) an NTFS drive on Windows 10 Pro Version 22H2 (OS Build 19045.3693). I actually have it working on one of the Windows drives, but have run...
View ArticleRoot filesystem check failed
While updating ubuntu my system crashed and after restarting and entering to ubuntu I get the message Root filesystem check failed.Very much similar to the post Ubuntu 13.04 to 13.10: Filesystem check...
View ArticleAuto Mount virtiofs
So I have a KVM of Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS running on my Server. The base operating system is Open Media Vault 6 (Debian-based). I have 2 file systems I am passing through to the KVM, I can mount them using...
View ArticleHow to fix fstab entry to mount a partition?
On ubuntu 22.04.4 I am trying to mount a partition as read/write. The following command seems to work:sudo mount -o rw,user,uid=1000,umask=007,exec /dev/nvme0n1p4 /media/Work/but I want to add it so...
View ArticleUsing FSTAB to mount by Hostname
I am dealing with an office where are constantly switching computers. I would like to mount some of the windows shared drives onto a Ubuntu PC but FSTAB only seems to take IP addresses. Is there a way...
View ArticleEncryption disk
I have thoughts to encrypt my disk.I found article Ubuntu Desktop 20.04: installation guide with btrfs-luks full disk encryption including /boot and auto-apt snapshots with Timeshift.And I don't...
View Articlekernel: [258605.922058] CIFS: VFS: \\192.168.2.107 Send error in SessSetup =...
hope I can get some help. I have to be honest up-front, I do not have great linux skills - still learning.I recently upgraded to 20.04.1. I don't know if these errors started right after that, or after...
View ArticleMount NFS doesnt work anymore after changing ip adres due VLAN
I have put my Synology NAS in a different VLAN then my computer. I changed the IP address in the etc/fstab file for the mounts. My Ubuntu pc is on 192.168.10.50 and my NAS is on 192.168.40.50. I can...
View ArticleWhat are the default mount settings for mount / fstab?
What are the default mounting options for a non root partition ?The man entry for mount says ...defaults - use default options: rw, suid, dev, exec, auto, nouser, and async.... so that might be what we...
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