Giving rights to users to mount ntfs

06-11-2005	#1 (permalink)
MartinJ Just Joined! Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 92	Giving rights to users to mount ntfs Code: /dev/hda1 /media/windows ntfs ro,defaults,users,group,umask=0222 0 0 I would also be willing to give specific users axx, such as UID 1000.....when I try axx the hda1, it states I do not have the rights.

06-11-2005

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Re: Giving rights to users to mount ntfs

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/dev/hda1       /media/windows  ntfs    ro,defaults,users,group,umask=0222 0       0

I would also be willing to give specific users axx, such as UID 1000.....when I try axx the hda1, it states I do not have the rights.

change users to user
also you could change group to gid=users or whatever group you want to give permission to

06-12-2005

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You do not have the permissions necessary to view the contents of "windows".

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/dev/hda1       /media/windows  ntfs    ro, defaults,user,GID=1000,umask=0222 0       0

06-12-2005	#4 (permalink)
cedar Just Joined! Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 54	because everything else in Linux is case sensitive and my fstab is all lowercase, change the GID to gid and see if that works

06-12-2005	#5 (permalink)
MartinJ Just Joined! Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 92	Thanks, but it seems to still be a problem. Do I have to reload the fstab?

06-12-2005	#6 (permalink)
jlgreer1 Linux Newbie Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 168	Try a restart. I know its kind of a M$ move but works many times. Jeff __________________ Registered Linux User #391940

06-12-2005	#7 (permalink)
MartinJ Just Joined! Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 92	Restarted now and got music and ntfs working Would be nice to be able to have linux just reload the files ...a´ Cheers! Now I only have to get tightvnc and a ftp ssl client working : ) and ye openssh with tightvnc to tunnel Code: /dev/hda1 /media/windows ntfs ro,defaults,user,gid=1000,umask=0222 0 0

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