Enter Shared Folder in fstab? Access rights?

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smartysmart34
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Enter Shared Folder in fstab? Access rights?

Post by smartysmart34 »

Hi all,

I want to mount the Shared Folder in my OpenSusse 11.4-Guest via fstab.
I think I found the right syntax to generaly do that, but:
1- it only works manually. Not at boot-time even though the "auto" parameter was specified
2- The mountpoint is martin:users with rights 777 before the mount and root:root 750 after. How can I keep the owner and rights?

Kind regards,
Martin
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Re: Enter Shared Folder in fstab? Access rights?

Post by Sasquatch »

Two things:
- putting it in fstab can lead to failed mounts, as the modules are loaded after fstab is processed.
- Check your mount options.
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