mounted ntfs permissions in ubuntu

[whisker]

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when i mount my ntfs partition and go to the directory in linux, it says i do not have the permissions to view the contents. how can i mount it so that i do have the permissions?

[whisker]

i can view the files in a root terminal and copy them from the mounted partiton, but the copied files are permissioned too.

[cedar]

you need to change your /etc/fstab to something like this:

/dev/hda3 /mnt/win ntfs ro,umask=0000,user,gid=users 0 0

this will give all users the ability to access the windows partition and execute files from it, you can change the umask to 0222 if you want to limit full access to all but root
of course change it to meet your mount point and partition information

[MartinJ]

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

This is what I have, 1000 is the user group I want to give access to

[whisker]

thx all its working i can see and copy all the file

[estigma]

Im kind of new to Linux and want to see my windows NTFS files from Ubuntu, but dont know how.

I typed:

mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/hd

I can now see the files when listing /mnt/hd
but how do I get permission and able to access them from X ?

PS! Im a newbie and dont know many unix commands :P

Hope for help

thanks

[dylunio]

If you do

chmod 555 /mnt/hd

you shoulb be able to read and execute the files via the giu filemanager like konqueror, by navigating to /mnt/hd

[estigma]

hm...so its not any other ways of getting access to them via X?
got a bunch of MP3 files on that NTFS disc that I want to play...

[dylunio]

hm...so its not any other ways of getting access to them via X?
got a bunch of MP3 files on that NTFS disc that I want to play...

That's the simplest way of doing it... are you having problems doing this?

You cauld make a link to /mnt/hd/bla/bla/bla/mp3file on you desktop if you wanted to do that...

[funkyhat]

can anyone post a list of what other umask= variables do? i can't find a man page or help on it anywhere