problem with chmod

[Ray Parrish]

Bret Busby wrote:
> As it happens, it does work on the system.
>
> As stated in another response to my messages, the command does require 
> to be done with sudo. I tried that, and that works.
>
> :~$ cat /etc/fstab
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> #
> # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
> proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
> # /dev/sda8
> UUID=3bb93d1c-1875-4036-90c7-846e954ceb45 /data         ext3    defaults        0       0
> # /dev/sda5
> UUID=cb771616-3630-4139-9b1d-c3fb499d9949 /debian_home  ext3    defaults        0       0
> # /dev/sda7
> UUID=1b72f837-17e1-4af9-9f22-31dc9a191657 /               ext3    relatime,errors=remount-ro 0       1
> # /dev/sda6
> UUID=b421ce00-c5cc-4df1-9102-65b0b256376d none            swap    sw              0       0
> /dev/scd0       /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0       0
> /dev/scd1       /media/cdrom1   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0       0
> /dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0       0
>
>
>
>   
>>> for each of the two partitions that I wanted to be mounted.
>>>
>>> both of the partitions are ext3 partitions
>>> The two partitions that I want to be able to mount  at system bootup in 
>>> the Ubuntu system, are sda8 and sda5, as shown in the fstab file above. 
>>> sda5 is the /home partition of my Debian system.
>>> --
>>> Bret Busby
>>> Armadale West Australia
>>>       
Hello,

I think I see your problem... correct me if I'm wrong someone, but 
aren't most of the lines he wants to mount commented out in his fstab? I 
checked my fstab file, and none of the lines in it, have a hash mark at 
the beginning of them, and the hash mark is often used to turn a line 
into a comment which gets ignored in configuration files.

In your fstab file, sda5, 6, 7, & 8 are all commented out with a hash 
mark. [#] Remove those hash marks, and I believe your problem will go 
away. 8-)

Later, Ray Parrish

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