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tom wrote: > I've got a 400G USB drive I want to share for network storage. > When I plug it into the machine it automounts as /media/disk > Will it always automount as this or is there some way I can somehow > hardwire it to some mount point for sharing? Add an entry to /etc/fstab to force it to mount somewhere, this will also ensure it mounts when no one is logged in, or the logged in user lacks privileges. Probably best to use the UUID or LABEL syntax for USB drives in case they are inserted in a different order and get different device names. You can do individual devices this way, although for some set-ups it makes sense to convert all devices to UUID I wouldn't change more than you need to in fstab because if you get it wrong it can be tricky. http://linux.byexamples.com/archives/321/fstab-with-uuid/ For my sinces my USB drive is always plugged in at boot, so I have: /dev/sdb1 /verbatim ext3 rw,users,exec,dev,suid 0 2 In /etc/fstab, but I'm suggesting you do something like: $ /sbin/blkid /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdb1: LABEL="VERBATIM" UUID="5481517c-1d8d-417c-96e3-bdd53826284b" TYPE="ext3" UUID=5481517c-1d8d-417c-96e3-bdd53826284b /verbatim ext3 rw,users,exec,dev,suid 0 2 Obviously you have to pick suitable options. NB: I've since modified my drive to use UUID, so thanks for asking the question. Simon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html