How to mount ext4 partition?

mount ext4

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Solution 1

You don't. The files in the fs are owned by whoever owns them, and you can not change that at mount time. Instead you need to change the permissions to give yourself access with sudo chown yourname.yourname /path/to/mount. On a freshly formatted filesystem, the root directory is owned by root, so you will need to change it and from then on, you will be able to create new files which will be owned by you.

Solution 2

Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command below.

gksudo nautilus /etc/fstab

To mount the partition as "data" for example with read-write permissions add this entry in the /etc/fstab:

/dev/sd8 /data ext4 defaults 1 2

Once the partition is mounted as "data", make yourself (my user account) the owner

sudo chown flint:root /mnt/data

and give yourself permission so you can access the partition

sudo chmod 700 /mnt/data

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Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Flint over 1 year
How do I mount an ext4 partition as my user account so I wouldn't require root access to r/w on it? I used -o uid=flint,gid=flint on the mount command but I keep getting
```
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda7,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so
```
Another thing, I want avoid using udisks for now as it doesn't let me mount to my specified mount point name.
- Tim almost 12 years
  
  Can u paste your df -h output?
- nanofarad almost 12 years
  
  What specific command did you use? Please include all arguments, and whether you are using live installation.
- atenz almost 12 years
  
  Also check the smart status of the drive /partition from Disks , if found something unusual post the output of sudo smartctl -HA /dev/sda7
- atenz almost 12 years
  
  see if this helps superuser.com/a/348442/136930
- atenz almost 12 years
  
  I just realized mount an ext4 partition as my user account, so does it mount NORMALLY , or by selecting that partition from nautilus file manager. Is it another user's encrypted partition.
psusi almost 12 years

You missed the key part of the question: "as my user account"
Mitch almost 12 years

@psusi this can be done as his user account. He requires root to edit the file. right?
psusi almost 12 years

He is asking how to mount the fs in such a way that the files inside it are owned by his account instead of root.