Having problems using the mount command

[Bob]

** Reply to message from Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> on Sun, 23 Aug 2020
11:16:53 +0200

> Bob wrote:
> > I am trying to mount /dev/sda5 to a mount point in my home directory.
> > I can get it mounted but it is read-only.  The command
> >
> > robert at MARS:~$ sudo mount --read-write /dev/sda5
> > /home/robert/FAT32SHARE
> >
> > mounts it but read-only.
> >
> > Putting the following in fstab has the same problem
> >
> > LABEL=FAT32SHARE       /home/robert/FAT32SHARE vfat    defaults
> > 0 2
> >
> > from what I read 'defaults' should set read-write.
> >
> > Currently I have to use "files" then click "other Locations" then
> > click "FAT32SHARE" and it gets mounted at /media/robert/FAT32SHARE
> > read-write.
> 
> For a vfat partition you can specify the owner with the mount command.
> Try
> 
> sudo mount -ouid=$UID /dev/sda5 /home/robert/FAT32SHARE

That worked!

Thank you Nils.  And thanks to all of the others that replied.


> Nils

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Robert Blair


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