Crouton: How to mount USB drive with exec
I want to mount a USB drive (/dev/sdb1) with exec so I can install steam games on it, but fstab doesn't seem to work. I've also learned that Chrome OS mounts with noexec by default.
How do you mount a USB drive with exec?
Epowerj
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I think you can do it with a remount, something like:
sudo mount -o remount,exec [mountpoint]
DennisLfromGA
on 14 Jul 2014
It worked, thanks!
Epowerj
on 14 Jul 2014
Great and your welcome.
I have a couple of 'remounts' that I stick in my .bashrc file so they get run each time I log in.
DennisLfromGA
on 14 Jul 2014
Can I do this with the home folder? How can I make the home folder have exec permanently? There's no /etc/fstab which I'm normally used to.
trusktr
on 22 Apr 2017
Cool,
sudo mount -i -o remount,exec /home/chronos/user
works. (-i was required). I guess I can just put that in my bashrc or zshrc.
trusktr
on 22 Apr 2017
Maybe also have bash check if the noexec option is currently enabled, and only run the above command when noexec is present, to avoid running it for every terminal you open.
trusktr
on 22 Apr 2017
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I think you can do it with a remount, something like:
sudo mount -o remount,exec [mountpoint]