jasonwryan

TIAS :)

ttyl

I'll delete my comments on your question: they don't add anything

np

no: put it in your fstab and then mount -a

I have my moments :)

it will work

try it and see

yes

well, its not somewhere I'd want to visit

all questions, no answers...

heh

TIAS

it needs root to run mount -a BUT it mounts the drive as your user

I pasted abpve

the ntfs line with the user and group ids

did you try the line form the arch wiki: it should work fine

that's what you are doing with the polkit file anyway

yes

that's what sudoers is for

from the script

well, you can use sudo for the mount

yes

np

the backup is run as user...

see: wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NTFS-3G

I don't use ntfs :p

yes

well, to mount from fstab, you issue the command as root

you have to specify them

nope; it is windows fuckery with linux permissions

to set the correct perms

UUID=01CD2ABB65E17DE0 /run/media/user1/Windows ntfs-3g uid=user1,gid=users,dmask=022,fmask=133 0 0

you want somethinglike:

yes

what happens if you mount from fstab? same errors?

I don't have a DE, so it handles all my automounting

works great: I have used it for ages with no complaints (other than that one issue with the broken env)

but you have it working now, so all good

I just thought it would be simpler to use cron to call the script, have the drive in fstab and mount it when required.

no, I'm not familiar with it

If it is plugged in all the time, why not just mount it from your backup script and dispense with udiskie all together?

Do you manually plug the drive in, or is it sitting there (unmounted) all the time?

Can I ask why a cron job? What about automounting requires scheduling?

I linked to the page in my first comment @FaheemMitha

Useless Use of Cat...

Bueller?

Now I am feeding the troll... Great.

/me having to come to chat makes me grumpy :(

Can a mod please talk to this guy? unix.stackexchange.com/questions/190879/… The message he left rolling back Janis' edit is outrageous...