On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 11:10 +0900, Dave Gutteridge wrote: ... > So where I'm at now is that I can mount the drive from the command line > like so: > [root at localhost ~]# mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows > ... but only the root user can see it. > > I want to be able to make it so that any user (which is almost always > me, but sometimes I'm root, sometimes I'm just a user with the account > "dave") can access the drive, and that it comes up in Gnome/Nautilus on > boot. > > Here is what I currently have in /etc/fstab: > /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat > rw,uid=512,gid=1002 0 0 Looks like you didn't read my original message thoroughly... On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 11:55 -0400, Phil Schaffner wrote: ... > Try: > > /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat rw,noauto,user,uid=512,gid=1002 1 2 > > Adjust uid and gid for the user you want to have full access > (see /etc/passwd entry), or omit for read-all write-root. [Be > sure /mnt/windows exists.] uid=512 and gid=1002 are almost certainly not those for user "dave" in /etc/passwd - more likely 500:500 as a guess. [And yes, 0 0 at the end, not 1 2 unless you want to be assaulted again by ALPHA dosfsck.] $ grep prs /etc/passwd prs:x:512:1002:Phil Schaffner:/home/prs:/bin/bash See what "grep dave /etc/passwd" returns and fix up /etc/fstab accordingly. Phil