Questions tagged [fstab]
The /etc/fstab file contains static file system information. It normally contains an entry for each partition name or UUID that lists the mount point, filesystem type and mount options.
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unresponding cp between two remote cifs share, both on the same distant machine
I have 2 cifs remote share in /etc/fstab on xubuntu machine
//192.168.1.2/THOMAS /media/THOMAS cifs credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,_netdev,iocharset=utf8,vers=2.0,nofail,cache=none,uid=1000,...
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CIFS on 22.04 LTS - has something changed between kernel 5.15.0-101-generic and 5.15.0-102-generic?
I have an Ubuntu 22.04 client connected via CIFS to an Ubuntu 22.04 server.
The mounts are done via an fstab entry similar to:
//machine.fqdn/sharename /mnt/some.directory cifs rw,credentials=/root/...
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Mount 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 ...
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How 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 ...
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Auto 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 ...
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removed fstab mount, all that is left is an "a" file
I have removed a mount point on fstab. Since restarting i can still see the location it was mounted to but all that is in there is a file named "a".
What is this file?
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Linux boots into emergency mode Ubuntu 22.04
When I look at the journalctl, I see these two error messages related to time out waiting for the device:
Here is a look at my fstb :
Not sure what to do.
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Why did fstab break?
I am running Ubuntu server 20.04 with docker compose and PhotoPrism.
I have a directory in my home directory called Pictures
I have been using fstab to mount network folders in the Pictures folder so ...
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Unmounting partiton on shutdown shows failure
I have the following in /etc/fstab:
LABEL=cloudimg-rootfs / ext4 discard,errors=remount-ro 0 1
UUID=8ff508b8-3975-4ef9-acc1-8ea7aeec56dc /home ext4 defaults ...
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Mounting 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 ...
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automount a partition of a USB stick in a persistent live linux made with mkusb
How to automount a partition of a USB stick at /media/lubuntu/name every time the stick is plugged into the PC when the /etc/fstab file is empty on every new boot?
I assume this is because I'm running ...
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Host 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 -s
If swap partition(s) are found:
sudo swapoff -a
sudo ...
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Need detailed clear instructions in English how to get ownership of my partitions back
I posted this on another forum, and days later I got two one sentence answers written in gobbledygook. I've no idea what they are talking about OR what it specifically is they want me to do - or, ...
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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,...
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Ubuntu issue with external HDDs unmounting
I'm running into an issue with my media server running Ubuntu 22.04.2. I'm running Plex in a docker container with a few other containers on the server. I have two HDDs that stay permanently connected ...
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CIFS Mount fail - mount:bad usage or mount.cifs: bad UNC (/192.168.68.57/TrueNAS)
I’m a newb, but here I go. I’m running Ubuntu Server 23.10 and I have been trying to mount a NAS to it for days. Right up front I should mention that I have GNOME desktop installed and I can see as ...
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mount cifs fails but accessing it via File Manager works
I have a NAS (a Western Digital "My Book"). I connected it to my TP-Link Router via USB.
It shows up in the TP-Link Router GUI no problem.
On my Ubuntu 20.04, I connected to it using the ...
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change owner of sub-folder in mounted partition
I know there are several similar question. I'm also using linux for quite a while but there is possibly something now that I can't see and I reached a dead end.
I have a partition mounted with /etc/...
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Ubuntu booting directly into Emergency Mode after removing a disk
We have been using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on a custom build PC. It had two hdd, one is primary where OS and other packages are installed and the second is for taking backup and storing big data files. ...
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Can't auto mount partition through fstab during boot
help me understand.
I have this line in my /etc/fstab
UUID=13958fbc-ce35-4a2a-a144-9b1543270cf4 /DAS1TB ext4 defaults 0 0
this UUID corresponds to /dev/sdb1 that should be ...
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how to mount seperate partition for /var [duplicate]
So i am trying to write a script for hardening Ubuntu based on CIS benchmarks,
this is what recommended for /var:CIS benchmark details
for testing purpose i have installed a new Ubuntu 22.04 in Vbox,
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Drive filled up after connection to NAS was broken
Version: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
This has probably been covered before but I'm not sure what do call it to find it.
I use NFS in my fstab to connect my Synology to /media. My Synology went offline for a ...
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mount windows smb to ubuntu server at boot [duplicate]
mount smb with user write/read, via cifs at boot, after network.
sudo mount -t cifs -o username=USER,password=PASS //ADDRESS/SHARE /PATH/TO/DIRECTORY/ _netdev
Can I add this to etc/fstab? Where do I ...
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want to mount box storage on ubuntu
I want to mount box storage on Ubuntu 22.04.
https://geekrewind.com/how-to-mount-box-on-ubuntu/
I'm trying to mount Box by looking at web pages like these, but it doesn't work.
The TLS connection ...
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How to auto mount VMware Shared Folder on boot
I want to automatically mount a VMware Shared Folder on boot in Ubuntu.
Currently, I'm using the following command manually each time:
sudo vmhgfs-fuse .host:/"Ubuntu Shared Folder" /mnt/...
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fstab mount no longer working
I have an ubuntu share that I use infrequently. The last time I used it was about 11 months ago. At the time it worked. I tried searching a solution but I could not find a solution.
I have the ...
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CIFS 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 ...
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How do I get cifs mounts to not have all the files owned by root?
I have researched this problem and found advise to use the uid argument, but it is not helping.
/etc/fstab:
//192.168.0.234/Backups /home/mark/Backups cifs vers=3.0,credentials=/root/.smbCredentials ...
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Ubuntu Server 22.04 unmounting usb external drive
I have a thin client PC, running Ubuntu Server 22.04 with Jellyfin and Samba on it. As the machine have not much internal storage, I am using 8 TB external USB drive. I've set OS to automount the ...
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After upgrade to ubuntu 23.10 from 23.04: ALERT! UUID=xxxx does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
Once I upgraded from Ubuntu 23.04 to 23.10 and I Can't boot to it anymore!
Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems:
- Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
- Check rootdelay= (did the system wait ...
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uuid=xxxx does not exist
I have installed ubuntu22.04 and window11 double systems on my ROG zephyrus 16. Two systems work quite well previously but today when I switched from window to ubuntu, I found that it gave me an error....
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root 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 ...
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CIFS File system is not working
I am trying to mount CIFS system. Using command line, I can mount filesystem, but using fstab file, its not getting mounted getting. See below error, so please suggest on this:
[4419376.493828] CIFS ...
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Cifs mounting doesnt work
pretty complicated problem, i did what i can and i also had a more versed person look at it but doesnt seem to bair any fruits.
On both machines we cannot mount our network share with cifs, on other ...
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Automating Mounting of DavFS share
So I have the problem that I have a WebDAV share that requires me to be logged into a VPN in order for it to be available. And in general, I have a lot of shares that I have access to but that aren't ...
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mounting a cifs share for writing
I think I'm missing something obvious
I have a NAS (WD MyCloud Home). I can read and write to it from windows with no issues
I can mount it in ubuntu server using this command:
sudo mount -t cifs -o ...
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Ubuntu not booting properly ufter update to new Ubuntu version
Hello here is my problem:
Status:
I try to start my NAS-System (Odroid-H2-Hardware). It goes until start screen of ubuntu an then switches to the emergency mode:
[ 0.2814999] x86/cpu: SGX disabled ...
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Auto mounting ntfs partition via gnone disks leads to input/output error when renaming files
I should preface this by saying there are a couple of posts about this on here but there are no answers so I figured I would post this with a little more context.
The problem only happens when auto ...
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Mounting NTFS partition: old fstab cached?
Ubuntu 22.04, dual booting with Windows 10 with a shared NTFS drive for data storage. Using Dolphin as my default file manager.
A long journey down the rabbit hole into fine tuning the mounting ...
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Make file manager mounts of smb shares permanent
Is there a sequence of steps in kubuntu GUI to make mounted smb shares from other PC on same home network permanent?
Yes, I can edit fstab.
But that's not the question. In MSFT OS in file explorer I ...
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Renaming Files on NTFS drive via File Explorer lead to Input/Output Error in Directory
Working on a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on hardware that was a mid-tier gaming PC when custom built about 12 years ago. 2 hard drives, primary was reformatted with 4 partitions: swap, boot, OS, ...
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new kernel and exfatprogs do not support same mount options as exfat-utils
On multiple machines at work and at home, I multiboot between one or two flavors of Linux and a few flavors of Windows. In order to keep my data centralized regardless of what OS I'm in, I use an ...
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Problem with fstab after 23.04 upgrade - mounts now read only
I ran an older Ubuntu version that approached EOL, so I upgraded to 23.04 yesterday.
After the upgrade, none of my network mounts worked any more.
Here's the old line from fstab:
//192.168.1.2/FolderA ...
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Error booting, /boot/efi not mounted
I have mutliples problems when booting my ubuntu. I think it's coming from when I installed the steam software, I noticed that my wifi symbol desapeared (a little detail for what's follow).
My ubuntu ...
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Mount CIFS doesn't work after reboot but will work from command line [duplicate]
In /etc/fstab I have the following
//10.10.1.191/TVENALL /mnt/medias/tv/TVENALL cifs auto,defaults,nofail,vers=3.0,credentials=/etc/plex.cred,uid=master 0 0
In journalctl -b I see the following
Aug ...
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Mount attempt receives SIGTERM from systemd (249) after unknown timeout
I am attempting to mount three mountpoints on a remote, parallel filesystem, using fstab. Periodically, one of the the three mounts will not succeed. An inspection of the journal suggests that systemd ...
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Permission denied when running script, but correct file permissions and ownership are in place [duplicate]
I am unable to run scripts that I previously had been doing:
$ SCRIPT.SH
bash: /media/USER/PATH/bin/SCRIPT.SH: Permission denied
Checking the file permissions and ownership, that are as expected:
$ ...
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(auto)mount in a command line installation at plugin of USB-drive
This is what I need for my command line installation:
I have neither keyboard nor monitor on that server, so I can't and don't want to issue any command at reboot/plugin. On my GUI-installs, this ...
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Unknown gedit fstab failure
Recently I entered;
sudo gedit /etc/fstab
In responce I got,
(gedit:66385): dconf-WARNING **: 22:49:56.775: failed to commit changes to dconf: Failed to execute child process “dbus-launch” (No such ...
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Kubuntu 22.04.2 boots into emergency mode, but only if no DVD is present
I have a computer with a DVD drive that is running Kubuntu 22.04.2 LTS x86_64. To make it so that a disk would mount properly when inserting it into the CD-ROM drive, I made some changes to /etc/fstab....
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