Sudo fstab permission denied

[_HG]

After issues with corrupted GRUB, I reinstalled the latest Manjaro (24.0.1).
After completed installation, the swap will not stay activated.
I have to activate it with GParted after every start.
In terminal I tried the command:
sudo bash -c “echo /dev/sda2 none swap defaults 0 0 >> /etc/fstab”
but the permission was denied.
Then I tried:
chmod 644 /etc/fstab
but still the permission was denied.
I have used the command:
sudo bash -c “echo /dev/sda2 none swap defaults 0 0 >> /etc/fstab”
in previous installations of earlier Manjaro distros, without any permission issues.
Why is permission denied and how can I fix it?

/ Hans Gatu

[dmt]

@_HG

Then I tried:
chmod 644 /etc/fstab

It’s unwise to change the permissions on root owned files. However those are the permissions it should have anyway, so in this case it shouldn’t matter.

@_HG

sudo bash -c “echo /dev/sda2 none swap defaults 0 0 >> /etc/fstab”

Though they look ok, the quotes are wrong. I changed them and it worked.

Why not just sudo nano /etc/fstab and type the entry in?

[_HG]

I didn’t realize that the quotes were wrong.
I changed them and it worked.
Thank you @dmt !

/ Hans Gatu

[dmt]

You’re welcome.