Root file system mounted as read-only
Recently, on of our Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS servers went into RO mode. I have searched all over and tried various things to no avail, therefore I am turning here for help.I copied a folder (size +/ 24 MB)...
View Articlewhy my swapfile did not get mount from time to time?
I put my swapfile on an encrypted disk:/dev/mapper/encrypted-disk /data auto defaults,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.mount-timeout=1min,x-systemd.device-timeout=1min 0 2 /data/swapfile swap swap sw 0 0...
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Can't change permissions on a network share smb/CIFS
I'm sure this is simple for someone but I have tried for the last 2 days every piece of information from googling and still no joy! So I would really appreciate some help. I'm newish to the world of...
View ArticleSamba Share runs slow on Linux but not windows
I have a Samba Share version 4.2.14-Debian setup on a cloud server running Ubuntu 18.04. When connecting via network share on any Windows machine the read write times are very fast but when accessing...
View Articlemade changes to /etc/fstab and now i cant boot
i had this problem recently when i couldn't mount any disk in a read-write mode, just read-only. then i asked here and there about it. made a change or two in that file and now that i restarted the pc,...
View ArticleMount two different network folders as local folders, only one will mount
I have edited the fstab file to have //192.168.12.14/Silver Screen /media/Movies cifs redentials=/home/chase/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,gid=1000,uid=1000,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0...
View ArticlePlex media server and mount issues in Ubuntu 13.04
hopefully it's not too much of a newbie question......so, i have decided to drop plex media server onto an Ubuntu install in order to provide my house with a stable platform that will maximize...
View ArticleAuto mount sshfs volume through fstab with password auth
I have a headless server running Ubuntu 12.04.4 that needs to come back up after a reboot without user intervention. There is an existing manual process that involves looking at files on a remote...
View ArticleHow do I map users with a samba share?
I have a Synology Diskstation with a published windows share. On both the server and the client (Ubuntu 12.04) I have user accounts with matching username and passwords. (myth/myth)The share is mounted...
View ArticleAdding ntfs partition to fstab slows down boot time
I have a 1TB SSD drive I created 3 main partitions for 120GB for windows, 120GB for linux, and ~500GB for a shared drive.I partitioned the shared drive as NTFS and added this line to fstabUUID=xxx...
View ArticleMount external ext4 with changed uid and gid
I'm trying to share a single external hard-drive between two ubuntu different machines. The problem is, my user uid and gids are different across the two machines.Is there a mount option for ext4 or...
View ArticleProblem mounting 2 network shared folder folders
I am using a freeNAS with SMB shares and as long as i only mount one of my kids folders its fine in fstab but the minute i mount both it wont mount the other. my lines is fstab are thisMount Conor's...
View ArticleAuto-mounted two partitions thru fstab, one of them is locked
I just upgraded my PC to an SSD/HDD configuration. Spent my day today trying to make dual booting work. Ubuntu is installed alongside Windows on the SSD, but I partitioned the HDD into three: one NTFS...
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External harddisk detected but not mounting
I have a WD MyPassport that is NTFS formatted with only 1 partition, and works perfectly fine on Windows. It was working well with Ubuntu until a few days ago (points 3 and 4 explains what changes I...
View ArticleMy NFS drives do not mount at startup
After a reboot, my NFS drives do not mount automatically, I need to manually do:sudo mount -aWhat is wrong? My /etc/fstab looks like this:/dev/disk/by-uuid/b59667cf-c443-4832-9286-0856ca9e7a35 / ext4...
View ArticleChanging mountpoint /media/user to /home using fstab made user files disappear
I absentmindedly didn't finish backing up my home directory before doing a clean reinstall. I also absentmindedly didn't set the partition mount point so the home partition was mounted at /media/user...
View ArticleAfter a freeze, /home on another disk not mounting on startup
My machine froze, and I had to pull the cable.As I boot it back up, I'm stuck in the login screen, most likely because all of sudden the /home of my user is not mounted on startup.It seems to be...
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 ArticleMounting a WD Livebook share on raspberry Pi using fstab
I have managed to successfully mount a WD Livebook share (called tv with Public access) using the following command:sudo mount -t cifs -o...
View Article[ubuntu19.10]cant boot into unless using sudo mount -o remount,rw /
I was trying to set some mount for sftp, in the processI think I messed up the fstab accidentally.Now on reboot, it boots into recovery, and usingmount -o remount,rw /can let me boot into the desktop.I...
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