So I have two SSDs in my laptop running FedoraKDE, and every time I mount the one used for storage, I have to type the luks password and then my root password. So, looking it up, I found that to not need root to mount the drive I need to add it to fstab.

I added (as was told by the internet since I’m flying by the seat of random stackoverflow help in absence of real knowledge):

UUID=uuid-string-goes-here   /path/to/directory ext4 defaults 0 0

To fstab (and forgot to chown the directory, oops!) and rebooted, aaaaaaand now I get booted into “emergency mode” with root disabled and have no clue what to do.

I think I used the right uuid, it was nvme0p1 (or whatever that drive said the right name was, can’t check now!) In any case, I didn’t use the uuid of the drive my system was running on, for sure.

Boot hangs on

job dev-disk-by\x2duuid- [Something something]

Edit: Still taking any advice on how to actually not have to use root to mount this drive, though my boot issue is solved and it looks like I have some links to peruse already!

  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    3 days ago

    Yes, and I could type my drive’s pass, it just would hang up after 45s of not being able to find that drive (or whatever) and fail to boot.

    BUT someone else posted “hey dummy boot off a usb and fix fstab,” and that’s what I did and I’m back to booting!

    (OK I’m the one calling me a dummy lol they were very nice, I just can’t believe I didn’t think to do that in my panic haha)

    Now I just need to figure out how to actually make the drive not require root, but also not auto mount, and still prompt for the luks pass lol.

    Thank you for your help anyway!