Modify fstab entry so all users can Read and Write to an EXT4 Volume
Problem
I have an Ubuntu 10.04 box with an EXT4 partition. This partition is set to automatically mount in . For the purposes of this post, we'll call it: . Unfortunately, only can create/delete files/directories on the root filesystem of . For other users to perform file/io on this volume, needs to create a directory and the permissions to others. I would like to mount the volume such that anybody would be able to read/write to the volume without the need of to . Below is my entry: The entry originally had instead of . I added the additional entries, namely, so any user can read/write. Unfortunately, the entry does not work. It mounts fine, but it still requires to intervene. And, just in case anybody asks, simply running: on as does not work.
Error Output
/dev/sda8 /media/foo ext4 rw,user,exec 0 0
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Fix for: Modify fstab entry so all users can Read and Write to an EXT4 Volume
The mount option only allows the filesystem to be mounted by any user. The option makes the filesystem not readonly. You will have to use permissions to make the parent directory writeable. The command you show only affects the existing files within .
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