I realised that Ubuntu automatically mounts my internal drives which are some exFats automatically when I try to open them. Thats good.
However, it is mounted as "root" and I want to mount it as my current user. Is there any way to make it mount not as root through some configurations or do I have to do it as a command?
Thanks
Best Answer
Software to run exFAT
Depending on the version of Ubuntu or Ubuntu based operating system you may or may not need to install the following program packages,
See this link for more details,
How do I copy a file larger than 4GB to a USB flash drive?
Mounting exFAT
Many versions of Ubuntu and Ubuntu based operating systems will mount Microsoft file systems (FAT32, exFAT, NTFS) with read/write permissions automatically for root as well as the current user.
But some versions (of Ubuntu and Ubuntu based operating systems) will mount them with write permissions only for root (or not at all). Then you can unmount and remount (mount) the file system with commands like this,
Create mountpoint (only if you want a new mountpoint)
Unmount (only if already mounted)
Check your userID's
uid
number (it is usually 1000, sometimes 1001 or 1002 ...)and use that number if you want to grab ownership (default is
root
).Example of mount command line that should give you something that is close to what you want,
See this link for more details,
How to change default permissions on automounted usb flash, formatted in NTFS?