Arch Linux

Automath

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Registered: 2016-05-16

Posts: 115

Arch's on my way. Again.

I need to mount a partition as read only with my normal user, since I'm on the disk group. But arch linux doesn't allow me.

$ groups
tty ftp http users video disk audio wheel user realtime
$ mount /dev/sdd3
$ umount /dev/sdd3
$ mount -o ro,noload /dev/sdd3
mount: /disks/Edicion: must be superuser to use mount.
       dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.

jonno2002

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Registered: 2016-11-21

Posts: 868

Re: Arch's on my way. Again.

To mount file systems as an ordinary user, see udisks#Usage. This also allows mounting without having root permissions, a full graphical environment or a file manager which utilizes udisks.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Udisks

i use bashmount as a frontend, works great for me

HalosGhost

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From: Twin Cities, MN

Registered: 2012-06-22

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Re: Arch's on my way. Again.

Note also that mount told you exactly what went wrong with "must be superuser to use mount".

[Edit]: this is also a really good moment to reexamine how to make descriptive thread titles.

All the best,

-HG

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