Automatical USB device mount fails in Ubuntu. Solve “unable to mount …: not authorized”By neokrates, written on March 24, 2010 |
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You insert a USB HDD device which your Linux fails to mount automatically. Here is how you can mount it manually
Works for:
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Ubuntu 9.10
ntfs usb HDD device
Should also work for:
Ubuntu distros
Other Linux distros
Any USB HDD storage device
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List mount-able devices
sudo fdisk -l
In my case I get:
/dev/sdc1 * 1 2425 19478781 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sdc2 2426 4863 19583235 f W95 Ext´d (LBA) /dev/sdc5 2426 4863 19583203+ b W95 FAT32
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Create a directory to mount to
sudo mkdir /media/external
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Mount now
sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sdc1 /media/external -o uid=1000,gid=100,utf8,dmask=027,fmask=137
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what does ” -o uid=1000,gid=100,utf8,dmask=027,fmask=137″ mean? i didnt know so i left it out of the command and the drive seems to have mounted as intended. initially i was getting an error “unable to mount. no permission”
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Eh, I guess this works. Calling it a solution is a little generous, though. It’s like walking across a desert instead of fixing the car. Maybe I’m just spoiled?
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Hello William,
I think, calling something “solution” depends on two things
- does it work at all and if so, how good it solves the problem. There are hotfixes, fixes, workarounds, patches, solutions which treat the symptoms or the reasons etc.
- who gets to decide, how to call the proposed “fix”
As ratings are not that good for the article it seems to work for some but for most not so good… You are welcome to post your “solution” to the problem.
BR // D. Uwarov
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