Re: Authentication is required to mount /dev/fedora_localhost-live/home

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On Sun, 2020-02-02 at 11:44 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 02/02/2020 07:14 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Sat, 2020-02-01 at 16:20 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
> > > On 02/01/2020 03:51 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > > Any thoughts?
> > > 
> > > Two.  First, check to see if it's listed in /etc/fstab and second, find
> > > out if the "file" exists.
> > 
> > The file (/dev/fedora_localhost-live/home) does exist. /etc/fstab
> > contains:
> > 
> > $ grep live /etc/fstab
> > /dev/mapper/fedora_localhost--live-root         /                       ext4    defaults        1 1
> > /dev/mapper/fedora_localhost--live-swap         none                    swap    defaults        0 0
> > 
> > That would imply I should add /dev/fedora_localhost-live/home to
> > /etc/fstab, but it already contains:
> > 
> > $ grep home /etc/fstab
> > UUID=c1df25d9-4c89-43a5-886d-3bbbf8513b22       /home                   ext4    defaults        0 0
> > 
> > so I'm not clear on the logic of all this.
> > 
> I don't know why it's trying to mount that partition at boot, but I do 
> know a workaround.  First, create a mountpoint, such as /mnt/foo.  Then, 
> add a line to /etc/fstab, mounting the partition there, but instead of 
> using the default options, use noauto users.  This will keep it from 
> mounting at boot, but if you want to look at what's there, you can mount 
> it as an ordinary user.  HTH, HAND.
> 

I'll bear it in mind, but given that this is /home, it should be
mounted anyway (and in fact it is, see my reply to Ed).

poc
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