[manjaro-dev] [Manjaro Linux Support] Manjaro setting wrong options for ext4 partitions when "default" specified in /etc/fstab

[Philip Müller]

Thx Tracey,

I'll look into it also. Will see how to fix it. Which installer did you use?

kind regards
Philip

Am 27.08.2014 um 04:47 schrieb Tracey Clark:
> From: Tracey Clark <tclark77 at tlcnet.info>
> Subject: Manjaro setting wrong options for ext4 partitions when "default" specified in /etc/fstab
>
> Message Body:
> Please see this thread for details:
> https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=15763.0
>
> Summary: When an ext4 partition is set to use default options in /etc/fstab, manjaro is setting the partition options incorrectly.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> 1 - Set up a partition like this in /etc/fstab:
> /dev/sdb2                                       /home   ext4    rw,users,defaults,errors=remount-ro     0       0
>
> 2 - Mount the partition / boot the system.
>
> 3 - Use "mount" to examine the partition and notice this result:
> /dev/sdb2 on /home type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered)
>
> Expected results:
> According to the Arch wiki "The default options for ext4 are: rw, suid, dev, exec, auto, nouser, async. "
>
> Actual results:
> Instead of exec and suid, noexec and suid options are set on the partition.
>
> Symptoms:
> This caused Thunderbird's Lightning calendar extension to be completely non-responsive. Details are in the linked thread.
>
> Suggested resolution:
> Ensure that for ext4 (and ext3, ntfs, all filesystems) that the mount options are set correctly per what is specified in /etc/fstab
>
> I am willing to help troubleshoot further, if necessary.
>
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