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I started getting the error "Error mounting partition to /media/Date Press S to skip mounting this partition or M to manually mount this partition" at startup.

I haven't found any line changed in the fstab file after the error occured. I have changed "/dev/sda5" with the partition's UUID after the error occured but it didn't help. This is how the fstab file looks like now: 

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options> <dump>  <pass>
proc                                       /proc  proc     nodev,noexec,nosuid  0  0
# / was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=2956fd81-0373-4d3d-8fd1-991f2c68b2f3  /      ext4     errors=remount-ro    0  1
# swap was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=265490d1-48c4-40a1-8ddd-df37a44a6ff2  none   swap     sw                   0  0
UUID=0BC8605C581B81ED /media/Date  ntfs-3g  quiet,defaults,rw    0  0

When I try to mount the patition by clicking on it in nautilus I get the error: "Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 1: helper failed with: mount: only root can mount /dev/sda5 on /media/Date"

It can be mounted through gparted, but i can only acces it as root.

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You can fix this problem by installing ntfs-3g

In terminal, you type:

sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g

then reboot.

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could you try changing UUID=0BC8605C581B81ED /media/Date ntfs-3g quiet,defaults,rw 0 0

to UUID=0BC8605C581B81ED /media/Date ntfs-3g defaults,uid=1000 0 0

Do tell me if it works...

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I commented the line I had and pasted the one you suggested under. I still get the error and can only mount the partition as root. – Dan Nicolescu Nov 5 '11 at 10:18
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this is what I have for my entire fstab, and it works, including bind mounting the NFTS mounts. I created a group called ntfs and added my user ID to that group, that way I could add multiple users to the group without having to change my fstab.

#
# <file system>                 <mount point>       <type>  <options>                   <dump>  <pass>
proc                            /proc               proc    nodev,noexec,nosuid         0       0
# / was on /dev/sda3 during installation
UUID=1754407b-2d9a-4fcb-9be4-121fbed4c51f   /                   ext4    errors=remount-ro       0       1
# /home was on /dev/sda4 during installation
UUID=aec52c00-274e-423d-b977-a13ee8ad72e5   /home               ext4    defaults                0       2
# /home/user/VM was on /dev/sdc1 during installation
UUID=549E60579E6033A0               /home/user/VM   ntfs    defaults,umask=002,gid=1002     0       0
# /home/user/Videos was on /dev/sdb1 during installation
UUID=30CE4E4DCE4E0C12               /home/user/Videos   ntfs    defaults,umask=002,gid=1002     0       0
# /mnt/1TB-ext was on /dev/sdf1 during installation
UUID=8C187D90187D79D2               /mnt/1TB-ext            ntfs    defaults,umask=006,gid=1002     0       0
# /mnt/2TB was on /dev/sde2 during installation
UUID=B29E5A379E59F3F7               /mnt/2TB            ntfs    defaults,umask=002,gid=1002     0       0
# /mnt/storage was on /dev/sdd1 during installation
UUID=358D3F9345048F79               /mnt/storage        ntfs    defaults,umask=002,gid=1003     0       0
# /backup was on /dev/sdf1 during installation
UUID=4fca1f62-dcec-458e-a111-29d22e801a9b   /backup         ext4    defaults            0   0
#     /mnt/windows was on /dev/sda7 during installation
UUID=0083CA6A5E67A77F               /mnt/windows        ntfs    defaults,umask=006,gid=1002     0       0
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=935c28d7-c12b-4669-b5c2-9129c5315850   none                swap    sw                      0       0

# bind mounts
/mnt/storage/music              /home/user/Music    none    defaults,bind,umask=002     0   0
/mnt/storage/music              /home/user2/Music   none    defaults,bind,umask=002     0   0
/mnt/storage/Downloads              /home/user/Downloads    none    defaults,bind,umask=002     0   0
/mnt/2TB/TV                 /home/user/Videos/TV    none    defaults,bind,umask=002     0   0
/mnt/2TB/Pictures               /home/user/Pictures none    defaults,bind,umask=002     0   0
/mnt/storage/drivers                /home/user/Downloads/drivers    none    defaults,bind,umask=002 0   0
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I didn't know about this binding method, it seemes pretty useful, thank you. I tried making something like this 'UUID=0BC8605C581B81ED /mnt/Date defaults umask=002 gid=1003 0 0 /mnt/Date /home/user/Date none defaults bind umask=002 0 0' I actualy copied the attributes from your fstab and made a similar binding, but it didn't change anything, unfortunately. Now I get "Error mounting /mnt/Date." – Dan Nicolescu Nov 5 '11 at 10:39
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well, two applicationcan help you to completely configure your ntfs drives.

First. Ntfs Configuaration tool

install using

sudo apt-get install ntfs-config

it will help you to make read-only or write enabled ntfs drives...

Second is Storage Device Manager

sudo apt-get install pysdm

This helps you to manage fstab files graphically.......means auto-mount option is available.

All the best from RJK

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