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I've attached a SSD disk though USB. Then:
sudo su -
mkdir /mnt/hx
chown ondra /mnt/hx
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/hx # It's FAT32 now, but was the same with EXT4
The last command changes dir owner to root. Whenever I create a file in the root dir, I need to be root and root is the owner.
Can I set different user as owner of the mounted dir? Or, simply said, ensure that user XY can freely read/write on the drive.
gio mount -d /dev/sdb1
Easy as that.
For older versions of Gnome you may need to use gvfs-mount instead:
gvfs-mount -d /dev/sdb1
Add an entry in /etc/fstab and specify options for it.
From the manpage of fstab:
The fourth field (fs_mntops).
This field describes the mount options associated with the filesystem.
<snip>
user allow a user to mount
owner allow device owner to mount
Now you'll need to make sure the device is owned by the correct owner. Specify that in an udev rule. Put a file in /etc/udev/rules.d/50-myhdd-ownerchange.rules:
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0bb4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0ff9", MODE="0600", OWNER="username"
Replace the vendor and product ids with the USB device you want to get triggered by it. Find them using the command lsusb. Also change the MODE if you like.
Alternatively, use pmount. I don't like it, personally.
exec amongst options.
Sep 20, 2012 at 21:34
user,exec. AFAIK if you would do exec,user, then user will override the exec option with its implication noexec. If it still does not work, please share the relevant line in /proc/mounts.
Sep 20, 2012 at 21:49
gvfs-mount has been replaced with gio mount in current versions of Gnome.
Nov 29, 2019 at 22:50
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/hxthensudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/hx?sudo chown -R username:groupname /folder. The-Rmakes the chown permissions be applied recursively. Also check thechmod, even that takes the-Rparameter.