[CentOS] Automounting a USB drive

TE Dukes
Mon, 13 Feb 2017 11:49:20 -0000

> -----Original Message-----
> From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of fred roller
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 12:10 AM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Automounting a USB drive
>
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 10:11 PM, <tdukes at palmettoshopper.com>
wrote:
>
> > If i manually mount it from a terminal, I have read/write access.
> >
>
> Seems a permission issue.  su to root after the "auto" mount and
take a
look.
> If you can see your file or can write a touch file then your user may not
be in
> the necessary owner/group to view/write to the structure.
> Seen similar problems in upgrades... same user but the UID changed in the
> upgrade and blinded the current user to older files that were preserved.
A
> simple chmod command from root fixed the issue to restore proper
> ownership.  Just a wag, but sometimes it's the little things.
>
> -- Fred

Let me add this which I failed to mention.

This was a fresh install as a "Server with Desktop". I have been
adding
packages as needed.

Week before last when working on this, I was looking through the logs and
found REAR need syslinux which wasn't installed. I may not have all the
packages installed I need. I run REAR as a cron job around 2AM. If I did a
reboot/restart and forgot to manually mount the USB drive or forgot to click
on it gnom, which is usually the case, I don't get a backup.

It ran last night and I was OK, but I'd still need to find out why its not
mounting by itself.

Thanks