password required to mount 2nd hard drive after initial install

[ralphy]

I need some EASY uncomplicated way to fix this. I do not know the command line. Just a point click edit type user here.
Typing complicated stuff is not my forte` . . .

It is easy in Linux once you get used to it. Thunar (file browser) is a little different in regards to "not showing your mounted partition as a drive" which is what most are used to; I personally don't like the way Thunar does it but then again it is a matter of preference after all.

In Linux Lite, to mount a NTFS drive/partition, this is how I do it:

** Restore fstab to defaults (remove whatever manual options you added there)

1- Use Disks (Manage Drives and Media). Note the options I use... (you may want to replicate that)

- Mount at startup
- defaults
- Identify As /dev/sdb (matches sdb or sdb1 or sdb2)
- Mount Point /mnt/sdb  (yours may be sdb1, sdb2, or similar - select from the drop down menu)
- Filesystem auto or ntfs if you want to be explicit.



2- Reboot or manually mount the device so that you don't have to reboot. (It will mount automatically on every reboot after step #1 above). To manually mount the drive click the little triangle shown in the screenshot above after selecting the drive/partition.



3- Create a shortcut in Thunar so that you can access the mounted partition from the Side Pane. Name the shortcut anything you want



You should be able to read and write to that drive by default after mounting it, else permission changes may be needed. You should not need to enter your password after each reboot to read or write to the drive. It took me 10 minutes to write this post; it will take you 30 seconds and no Terminal input to replicate the above steps and have your drive mounted on each reboot (with read and write permissions - root:root owner). Hope that helps