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Mount device with specific user rights

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 2026557428 views
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Problem

How can I mount a device with specific user rights on start up? I still have some problems figuring it out. I would like to mount the divide with and . My current entry to the file looks like this:

Error Output

dev /var/www vboxsf rw, suid, dev, exec, auto, nouser, async, uid=1000

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To mount a device with certain rights, you can use the directive while mounting the device. To mount the device you described, run: For example mounting a VirtualBox shared folder to with as owner would look like this: If you want to mount the device on startup, you can add the following entry to your file: Again, with the same example the entry to the file would look like this: For filesystems that does not support mounting as a specific user (like ext4) the above will give the error to change…

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