# fstab entry not producing desired results. # the ultimate goal is to use a backup script to mount, backup, and unmount a file system. # running XUBUNTU with the Thunar file manager sb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS Release: 12.04 Codename: precise uname -a Linux bill-laptop 3.2.0-65-generic #99-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 4 21:04:27 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux # can mount and unmount /media/Backup via the file manager. bill@bill-laptop:/media$ cat /etc/mtab /dev/sda1 / ext4 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0 proc /proc proc rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0 none /sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl rw 0 0 none /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw 0 0 none /sys/kernel/security securityfs rw 0 0 udev /dev devtmpfs rw,mode=0755 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620 0 0 tmpfs /run tmpfs rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755 0 0 none /run/lock tmpfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880 0 0 none /run/shm tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0 gvfs-fuse-daemon /home/bill/.gvfs fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon rw,nosuid,nodev,user=bill 0 0 gvfs-fuse-daemon /root/.gvfs fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0 /dev/sdb2 /media/BackUp ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks 0 0 <<------------- # mounting at terminal bill@bill-laptop:/media$ sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /media/BackUp mount: mount point /media/BackUp does not exist <<----------------- # creating mount point bill@bill-laptop:/media$ sudo mkdir /media/BackUp bill@bill-laptop:/media$ sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /media/BackUp bill@bill-laptop:/media$ sudo chown 1000:1000 /media/BackUp bill@bill-laptop:/media$ chmod 775 /media/BackUp bill@bill-laptop:/media$ ls -l total 4 drwxrwxr-x 4 bill bill 4096 Jun 28 21:12 BackUp bill@bill-laptop:/media$ ls -l BackUp/ total 2683080 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 408203914 May 27 20:53 5-27-2014.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 383927136 Jun 16 21:13 6-16-2014.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1955313970 Jun 28 20:48 6-28-2014.tar.gz drwx------ 2 root root 16384 May 25 15:24 lost+found # works okay and then unmount is okay bill@bill-laptop:/media$ umount /media/BackUp umount: /media/BackUp is not in the fstab (and you are not root) bill@bill-laptop:/media$ sudo umount /media/BackUp bill@bill-laptop:/media$ ls -l total 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 8 16:02 BackUp bill@bill-laptop:/media$ ls -l BackUp/ total 0 # mount via thunar file manager still works but now mounted to "BackUp_" bill@bill-laptop:/media$ ls -l total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 8 16:02 BackUp drwxrwxr-x 4 bill bill 4096 Jun 28 21:12 BackUp_ bill@bill-laptop:/media$ ls -l BackUp total 0 bill@bill-laptop:/media$ ls -l BackUp_ total 2683080 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 408203914 May 27 20:53 5-27-2014.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 383927136 Jun 16 21:13 6-16-2014.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1955313970 Jun 28 20:48 6-28-2014.tar.gz drwx------ 2 root root 16384 May 25 15:24 lost+found # unmount via Thunar file manager, "BackUp_" is now gone. bill@bill-laptop:/media$ ls -l total 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 8 16:02 BackUp # mount from terminal bill@bill-laptop:/media$ mount /media/BackUp/ mount: can't find /media/BackUp/ in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab # determine UUID bill@bill-laptop:/media$ blkid /dev/sdb1: LABEL="Boot2" UUID="909a0618-536d-4cc2-8ea9-3fa06f3e63f3" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sdb2: LABEL="BackUp" UUID="dcd9f11a-0a09-493f-8fad-16c14b3d7ede" TYPE="ext4" <<---------------- /dev/sdb3: LABEL="DiskC" UUID="4d94f320-af65-4d57-b97d-2cb33a8b474c" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sda1: UUID="e1208bf4-aa87-4e54-b51f-5625e7957e33" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sda5: UUID="1e175449-e90f-4355-8672-dc4e947b626f" TYPE="swap" # enter info into /etc/fstab # mount removable hd for backups UUID=dcd9f11a-0a09-493f-8fad-16c14b3d7ede /media/BackUp ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,users,uhelper=udisks 0 0 # mount from terminal, no "BackUp_" file, mount okay. bill@bill-laptop:/media$ mount /media/BackUp/ bill@bill-laptop:/media$ ls -l total 4 drwxrwxr-x 4 bill bill 4096 Jun 28 21:12 BackUp bill@bill-laptop:/media$ ls -l BackUp/ total 2683080 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 408203914 May 27 20:53 5-27-2014.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 383927136 Jun 16 21:13 6-16-2014.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1955313970 Jun 28 20:48 6-28-2014.tar.gz drwx------ 2 root root 16384 May 25 15:24 lost+found # unmount from terminal and NOT okay bill@bill-laptop:/media$ umount /media/BackUp Unmount failed: Error unmounting: umount exited with exit code 1: helper failed with: <<---------------- bill@bill-laptop:/media$ ls -l total 4 drwxrwxr-x 4 bill bill 4096 Jun 28 21:12 BackUp bill@bill-laptop:/media$ ls -l BackUp/ total 2683080 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 408203914 May 27 20:53 5-27-2014.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 383927136 Jun 16 21:13 6-16-2014.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1955313970 Jun 28 20:48 6-28-2014.tar.gz drwx------ 2 root root 16384 May 25 15:24 lost+found # removed line from fstab and umount is okay again. # added line back in fstab and now mount requires sudo bill@bill-laptop:/media$ sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /media/BackUp [sudo] password for bill: bill@bill-laptop:/media$ ls -l total 4 drwxrwxr-x 4 bill bill 4096 Jun 28 21:12 BackUp bill@bill-laptop:/media$ ls -l BackUp/ total 2683080 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 408203914 May 27 20:53 5-27-2014.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 383927136 Jun 16 21:13 6-16-2014.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1955313970 Jun 28 20:48 6-28-2014.tar.gz drwx------ 2 root root 16384 May 25 15:24 lost+found # unmount is okay bill@bill-laptop:/media$ umount /media/BackUp # with fstab entry back in place, Thunar unmount fails with the following message Failed to eject "BackUp". Error unmounting: unount exited <<---------------- with exit code 1: helper failed with: # unmount from terminal produces the same error and the unmount fails. ########################################### okay, how to I get Thunar and a script to play nice and mount this file system?

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