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Hi I am new to Ubuntu and recently installed 14.04 LTS. I am having issues with mounting external hard drives for all users at start up. For example, after start up if I login as a user A, only user A can access the external media, and others can't access these external media. Could someone please help me fix this issue.



Outputs to following commands



sudo blkid



/dev/sda1: UUID="98715d8d-bf13-48f5-882e-36270c539c94" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sda2: UUID="qOUDEc-qHDq-y9NL-OWCF-fO04-vnPI-8UNrtV" TYPE="LVM2_member"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="6ulNAl-1Hky-orpE-ntL2-Brgu-Qen1-BYqCIh" TYPE="LVM2_member"
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root: UUID="a7e84558-d5d3-43f3-8788-a483dde96fd8" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_home: UUID="fb65cc75-ab1a-44a4-8f98-b1767d03f15a" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_swap: UUID="69e3381b-a2b5-4866-81b6-bd368c9157d5" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdc1: LABEL="ExtHDD04" UUID="0DFFA1CB15212E12" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdd1: LABEL="ExtHDD03" UUID="485AA7713243CEFB" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sde1: UUID="485ef4bd-0093-42c5-a3e5-0090e68e93c1" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sr1: LABEL="WD SmartWare" TYPE="udf"
/dev/sdg1: LABEL="ExtHDD01" UUID="00148BDE148BD4D6" TYPE="ntfs"


sudo fdisk -l



Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30394 cylinders, total 488281250 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc648a420

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 1026047 512000 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 1026048 488280063 243627008 8e Linux LVM

Disk /dev/sdb: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907029168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000617c8

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 2048 3907028991 1953513472 8e Linux LVM

Disk /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root: 53.7 GB, 53687091200 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 6527 cylinders, total 104857600 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_home: 2168.7 GB, 2168656494592 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 263657 cylinders, total 4235657216 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_home doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_swap: 27.5 GB, 27481079808 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3341 cylinders, total 53673984 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_swap doesn't contain a valid partition table

WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdc'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.


Disk /dev/sdc: 3000.6 GB, 3000558944256 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 364797 cylinders, total 5860466688 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 4294967295 2147483647+ ee GPT
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.

WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdd'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.


Disk /dev/sdd: 3000.6 GB, 3000558944256 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 364797 cylinders, total 5860466688 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 1 4294967295 2147483647+ ee GPT
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.

WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sde'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.


Disk /dev/sde: 3000.6 GB, 3000558944256 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 364797 cylinders, total 5860466688 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sde1 1 4294967295 2147483647+ ee GPT
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.

Disk /dev/sdg: 1999.7 GB, 1999696297984 bytes
228 heads, 56 sectors/track, 305894 cylinders, total 3905656832 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xe534f55f

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdg1 2048 3905656831 1952827392 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT


cat /etc/fstab



# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_home /home ext4 defaults 0 2
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_swap none swap sw 0 0

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To mount a partition at startup for all users, we need an entry in the fstab file. What is happening presently is, the HDD is getting mounted for the user who logs in which gives access permissions to only that user. By adding an entry in the fstab, the partition will be mounted by root with access to all users. this r/w access can be controlled later on.



sudo blkid lists down all partitions available on your system. Note down the UUID of the NTFS partition that you want to mount at boot. In your case, it seems 00148BDE148BD4D6



now create a folder, for example sudo mkdir /media/ExtHDD01. This is the folder where your external HDD partition will be mounted at. This folder will be owned by root. To give other users permission to r/w into this folder we need to give the proper permissions. so chmod -R 777 /media/ExtHDD01 would be good enough. Now you need to edit your fstab file. to do so, type the following command.



sudo nano /etc/fstab


go to the bottom of the file and add the following line there.



UUID=00148BDE148BD4D6 /media/ExtHDD01/    ntfs-3g        auto,user,rw 0 0


Reboot system and you should be good to go.
You can follow the same procedure for any number of HDDs.


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