Hi,
I have an internal SSD that mounts automatically on my F41 KDE but, in order to access it I have to enter my su password everytime I log in.
Is there a way to remove that password step?
I’ve checked everything in the Automount option in the Settings so I’m assuming I have to work with the /etc/fstab config file but I’m not experienced enough to change anything there…
I expect it is an ownership & permissions issue.
What are the permissions if you use ls -ld <mount point> for that file system.
What are the permissions of the content of that file system? ls -ld <mount point>/*
What type file system is on that device? NTFS, ext4, vfat, or ?
Please also show us the content of /etc/fstab – especially the line that mounts that device. cat /etc/fstab
So, in order:
drwxrwxrwx. 1 admin admin 4096 Dec 28 13:20 /run/media/admin/Medias
dr-xr-xr-x. 1 root root 0 Jul 16 20:00 /afs
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Jul 16 20:00 /bin -> usr/bin
dr-xr-xr-x. 6 root root 4096 Dec 29 16:55 /boot
drwxr-xr-x. 21 root root 4900 Dec 31 08:15 /dev
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 4764 Dec 30 20:55 /etc
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 12 Dec 29 16:45 /home
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Jul 16 20:00 /lib -> usr/lib
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 Jul 16 20:00 /lib64 -> usr/lib64
drwx------. 1 root root 0 Oct 24 10:47 /lost+found
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 0 Jul 16 20:00 /media
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 0 Jul 16 20:00 /mnt
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 40 Dec 29 22:35 /opt
dr-xr-xr-x. 607 root root 0 Dec 31 03:14 /proc
dr-xr-x---. 1 root root 252 Dec 30 20:57 /root
drwxr-xr-x. 56 root root 1520 Dec 31 08:20 /run
drwxrwxrwx. 1 admin admin 4096 Dec 28 13:20 /run/media/admin/Medias
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 8 Jul 16 20:00 /sbin -> usr/sbin
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 0 Jul 16 20:00 /srv
dr-xr-xr-x. 13 root root 0 Dec 31 08:14 /sys
drwxrwxrwt. 21 root root 500 Dec 31 08:30 /tmp
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 100 Oct 24 10:50 /usr
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 194 Oct 24 10:57 /var
ntfs
UUID=6ecbcde0-c453-4a3b-9030-cf530c851b40 / btrfs subvol=root,compress=zstd:1 0 0
UUID=386675e3-afa6-4ea2-9332-937c79688a0e /boot ext4 defaults 1 2
UUID=2156-F9B2 /boot/efi vfat umask=0077,shortname=winnt 0 2
UUID=6ecbcde0-c453-4a3b-9030-cf530c851b40 /home btrfs subvol=home,compress=zstd:1 0 0
/dev/nvme0n1p1 /run/medias/admin/Medias ntfs nofail 0 0
Let me know if I missed something, thanks!
The second command should have been ls -ld /run/media/admin/Medias/*. It appears you may have run that with a space preceding the ‘/*’ at the end.
However, since you are mounting an ntfs file system you should add some options in the fstab line. Note that with this I am assuming that your user has uid of 1000 and you might need to adjust the options for whatever your actual uid is. I also assume that you are the only user and you want full access for the admin user only. The id command will show your user uid and gid which are used below.
The options I would suggest are to change the line in fstab to read as follows.
/dev/nvme0n1p1 /run/media/admin/Medias ntfs user,nofail,shortname=winnt,umask=0027,uid=1000,gid=1000,nosuid 0 0
Use the man page for ‘mount’ to see what each of those options does.
For the second command, here’s the detail:
drwxrwxrwx. 1 admin admin 28672 Dec 11 22:12 /run/media/admin/Medias/Docs
drwxrwxrwx. 1 admin admin 4096 Dec 28 13:06 /run/media/admin/Medias/Music
drwxrwxrwx. 1 admin admin 4096 Dec 29 16:36 '/run/media/admin/Medias/System Volume Information'
As for fstab, I added your suggestion after checking my id (which is indeed 1000), but it didn’t work. After rebooting I had to enter my su password.
I just noticed an error in that path (I had copied what you had above and I fixed my suggestion).
It should be (on most fedora systems) /run/media/admin/<directory>
There was an error in the /etc/fstab in that respect.
Probably correcting that will fix it.
No it didn’t. After correcting the path, I still need to enter the password.
What happens if you remove the user option in that line from fstab?
It worked!
Thanks a lot!
Unfortunately, when I turned my computer on today I had to re-enter my password again to access the drive.
Nothing changed in the fstab so I don’t know why it’s not working anymore.
Lets see lsblk -f and cat /etc/fstab
So, in order
NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
zram0 [SWAP]
nvme0n1
├─nvme0n1p1 vfat FAT32 2156-F9B2 579.5M 3% /boot/efi
├─nvme0n1p2 ext4 1.0 386675e3-afa6-4ea2-9332-937c79688a0e 534.2M 38% /boot
└─nvme0n1p3 btrfs fedora 6ecbcde0-c453-4a3b-9030-cf530c851b40 1.8T 3% /home
/
nvme1n1
└─nvme1n1p1 ntfs Medias 01DAD98E1CE6C480
/etc/fstab
# Created by anaconda on Sun Dec 29 16:43:32 2024
#
# Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk/'.
# See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or blkid(8) for more info.
#
# After editing this file, run 'systemctl daemon-reload' to update systemd
# units generated from this file.
#
UUID=6ecbcde0-c453-4a3b-9030-cf530c851b40 / btrfs subvol=root,compress=zstd:1 0 0
UUID=386675e3-afa6-4ea2-9332-937c79688a0e /boot ext4 defaults 1 2
UUID=2156-F9B2 /boot/efi vfat umask=0077,shortname=winnt 0 2
UUID=6ecbcde0-c453-4a3b-9030-cf530c851b40 /home btrfs subvol=home,compress=zstd:1 0 0
/dev/nvme0n1p1 /run/media/admin/Medias ntfs nofail,shortname=winnt,umask=0027,uid=1000,gid=1000,nosuid 0 0
After a little bit of pondering, it seems that /run/media/admin may not exist until after the admin user has logged in. Probably the cause of the failure. The /run file system exists only in RAM and is created during boot.
The final solution probably would be to create a directory in your home directory named media then mount that file system there where you are certain the mount point exists at boot time.
mkdir ~/Medias
Then edit the line in /etc/fstab to mount that device at /home/admin/Medias instead of /run/media/admin/Medias.
It didn’t work, but I don’t know if I done it properly:
→ Created the Medias folder in /home/admin/Medias
→ Edited the fstab with the following:
UUID=6ecbcde0-c453-4a3b-9030-cf530c851b40 / btrfs subvol=root,compress=zstd:1 0 0
UUID=386675e3-afa6-4ea2-9332-937c79688a0e /boot ext4 defaults 1 2
UUID=2156-F9B2 /boot/efi vfat umask=0077,shortname=winnt 0 2
UUID=6ecbcde0-c453-4a3b-9030-cf530c851b40 /home btrfs subvol=home,compress=zstd:1 0 0
/dev/nvme0n1p1 /home/admin/Medias ntfs nofail,shortname=winnt,umask=0027,uid=1000,gid=1000,nosuid 0 0
After shutting down and booting, I still have to enter the password and when I check the drive’s properties its still located in /run/media/admin.
I was able to make it work.
After playing with KDE Partition Manager, I realized that for some reason the system kept changing the device node of the partition /dev/nvme0n1p1 (alternating between 0 / 1 / 2).
So I removed the mounting point and creating a new one, this time using the UUID instead of the device node.
Now, whether I’m rebooting or shutting down the system, the partition mounts automatically in /home.
Thanks a lot @computersavvy for your time and all your recommendations!
This is the reason that UUIDs were created and are used.
Glad you were able to identify that issue. 