Bug 2012568 - pmount fails to mount exfat partitions
Summary: pmount fails to mount exfat partitions
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: pmount
Version: 36
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Pavel Alexeev
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-10-10 10:34 UTC by Alexander Gromnitsky
Modified: 2023-05-25 19:36 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: pmount-0.9.23-22.fc34
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2023-05-25 19:36:47 UTC
Type: Bug
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
add exfat support for pmount (661 bytes, patch)
2021-10-10 10:34 UTC, Alexander Gromnitsky
no flags Details | Diff

Description Alexander Gromnitsky 2021-10-10 10:34:10 UTC
Created attachment 1831442 [details]
add exfat support for pmount

Description of problem:

the list of supported fs is hard-coded in pmount, with no exfat in the list

How reproducible:

always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. format a flash drive in Windows as 'exfat'
2. run `pmount /dev/sdb1` in Fedora

Actual results:

$ pmount /dev/sdb1
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/sdb1': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/sdb1' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/sdb1': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/sdb1' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?

Expected results:

a successful mount in /media/sdb1

Additional info:

see the attachment for a patch

Comment 1 Andrew Bauer 2021-10-12 13:59:55 UTC
I am not the admin maintainer for this package, but I think I have commit access to the Fedora branches.

For completeness, is this where you got the patch from?
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pmount/+bug/1524523

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2021-10-12 15:11:57 UTC
FEDORA-2021-70559dc02c has been submitted as an update to Fedora 34. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-70559dc02c

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2021-10-12 23:44:23 UTC
FEDORA-2021-70559dc02c has been pushed to the Fedora 34 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --advisory=FEDORA-2021-70559dc02c`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-70559dc02c

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2021-10-20 19:23:02 UTC
FEDORA-2021-70559dc02c has been pushed to the Fedora 34 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Alexander Gromnitsky 2022-07-06 13:42:34 UTC
this should be modified to reflect the changes in kernel > 5.4 (https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=907fa893258ba6076f5fff32900a461decb9e8c5), otherwise no exfat mounting will occur

the new patch was tested on f36:

diff --git a/pmount.exfat.patch b/pmount.exfat.patch
index 90abf5d..296c51b 100644
--- a/pmount.exfat.patch
+++ b/pmount.exfat.patch
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
      { "iso9660", "nosuid,nodev,user", 1, NULL, ",iocharset=%s" },
      { "vfat", "nosuid,nodev,user,quiet,shortname=mixed", 1, "077", 
        ",iocharset=%s",",fmask=%04o,dmask=%04o"},
-+    { "exfat", "nosuid,nodev,user,quiet,nonempty", 1, "077", ",iocharset=%s",",fmask=%04o,dmask=%04o"},
++    { "exfat", "nosuid,nodev,user", 1, "077", ",iocharset=%s",",fmask=%04o,dmask=%04o"},
      { "hfsplus", "nosuid,nodev,user", 1, NULL, 0 },
      { "hfs", "nosuid,nodev,user", 1, "077", NULL, 
        ",file_umask=%04o,dir_umask=%04o"},
diff --git a/pmount.spec b/pmount.spec
index eb96712..f59584d 100644
--- a/pmount.spec
+++ b/pmount.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 %global _hardened_build 1
-%define download_dir 3310
 
 Name:           pmount
 Version:        0.9.23
@@ -8,9 +7,9 @@ Summary:        Enable normal user mount
 
 # realpath.c is GPLv2+. Others are GPL+;
 License:        GPLv2+
-URL:            http://pmount.alioth.debian.org/
+URL:            https://wiki.debian.org/pmount
 # BEWARE: The number in the url determines the content, ahs to be updated each time.
-Source0:        http://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/%{download_dir}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Source0:        https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/pmount/pmount_%{version}.orig.tar.bz2
 # don't set the setuid bits during make install
 Patch0:         pmount-0.9.17-nosetuid.patch
 # Add exfat support

Comment 7 Ben Cotton 2023-04-25 18:27:17 UTC
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Comment 8 Ludek Smid 2023-05-25 19:36:47 UTC
Fedora Linux 36 entered end-of-life (EOL) status on 2023-05-16.

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