I mounted a FAT32 drive onto my Linux computer using the following terminal command:
> sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /media/exampleFolderName -o dmask=000, fmask=111
I did this so I could share / edit the files over a network connection. Unfortunately Linux doesn’t support per file permissions in FAT32 format, so this sets the entire drive in the right permissions whilst it’s connected.
If I understand mount correctly, I’ll have to do this every time I plug the drive in, which I don’t want to do. I’ve heard about:
/etc/fstab
So my question – how do I turn the above mount command into an fstab entry? If anyone could also explain what dmask and fmask mean, that would be appreciated.
Answers:
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Method 1
You probably want to add a line like
/dev/sdb1 /media/drive1 vfat dmask=000,fmask=0111,user 0 0
to /etc/fstab. The additional ,user in the options field allows any user to mount this filesystem, not just root.
Method 2
dmask and fmask is the permissions for directories and files respectively. It is an octal number. And denotes read, write and execute permissions for Owner, Group and Other users.
fstab:
/dev/sdb1 /media/exampleFolderName vfat dmask=000,fmask=111 0 0
When you say plug the drive in, an external drive e.g USB should automount.
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