You can also make a systemd .mount file and have systemd mount it on boot. I use that on my RPI3 for USB storage works great. On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 1:32 AM, James Mcphee wrote: > Quick and dirty would be to set an fstab entry with all the things you > want with it set to not mount on boot, so it doesn't interrupt you with the > blkid for the device. Maybe. Might take some playing. > > Other things to try are in the help.ubuntu.com page for usb drives. > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount/USB > > On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 7:07 PM, Mark Phillips > wrote: > >> I have been knocking my head against a wall for the past hour. I am >> trying to plug in a USB external drive and have Ubuntu 14.04 mount the >> drive so I can write data to it. But the drive is always mounted with root >> as the owner and group. I have read countless pages about how to enable a >> user to read/write to the drive but to no avail. The drive is automatically >> mounted in /media/mark/dive1. I have not created a permanent mount point in >> /etc/fstab because the drive is, well, removable, so it will not always be >> connected to the usb port. >> >> There has to be a simple fix to this problem. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Mark >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > James McPhee > jmcphe@gmail.com > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >