Permission problem on mounting ntfs

[krekon]

Hi

I have problem with the permissions of my ntfs. As root I can see all the files and folders but as user I can see nothing. I have tried many commands I found in google but all of these ends with this result:

chmod: changing permissions of `/mnt/xp': Read-only file system

I have tried it graphically ,also, as root but nothing.

I want to have permission to read at least the files.
I read in a thread that after kernel 2.6.x you can also write on ntfs.
Do you know something about that?

This is my fstab


# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom1 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/xp ntfs user,rw 0 0
/dev/hda2 /mnt/xp_2 ntfs rw,users 0 0
/dev/hdb1 /mnt/xp_3 ntfs rw,users 0 0
/dev/hdb5 /mnt/xp_4 ntfs rw,users 0 0


If you have any useful information I would be glad if you post it.

[devils casper]

/dev/hda1 /mnt/xp ntfs user,rw 0 0

change it to

/dev/hda1 /mnt/xp ntfs defaults,umask=0,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0

all users will have read access. to enable write access for NTFS partitions, install ntfs-3g package.






Casper

[dubenaex]

edit your /etc/fstab and add umask parameter

example:
mount /dev/hda1 /media/windows/ -t ntfs -o umask=0222

parameter umask set permissions for whole disk , so if you want permissions 777 your umask should be umask=0000

[devils casper]

mount /dev/hda1 /media/windows/ -t ntfs -o umask=0222

this is for mounting partitions manually through terminal/konsole. do not add this code in /etc/fstab file.







Casper

[krekon]

devils_casper I have tried your command command earlier and I did it again. The result is the same. Probably you mean that I change the line I save the file and execute the : mount -a

nothing happens

If you don't have any futher suggestions I 'll try to install that package and I hope to fix the problem of read and write

[devils casper]

as i mentioned earlier, you can't *write* in NTFS partitions. All linux distros has NTFS readonly access. for write access, you have to install "ntfs-3g" package.
regarding read access and ownership for 'normal' users, umask will enable that.
after adding the code i posted, log in as normal user and see if you able to 'read' NTFS partitions.







Casper

[krekon]

Casper I have already tried it and nothing change. For now I just want to read as a user the ntfs.

I repeat that Ihave tried all the classic ways with fstab and mount.If you know that I have to change a specific file to take effect at permission please tell me

Thanks in advance
krekon

[iwanabeguru]

hi
probably your disk in the "disk" group
so add yourself to the disk group

usermod -G disk username

and edit the fstab , add this line and delete the old entry

/dev/hda1 /mnt/xp ntfs ro,user,auto,gid=disk,umask=222 0 0

[krekon]

You are right.I did it and it worked. But it worked only at this folder. the other three they are still locked. And of course I changed the part that is different:

ntfs ro,user,auto,gid=disk,umask=222 0 0

this is my fstab now

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom1 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/xp ntfs ro,user,auto,gid=disk,umask=222 0 0
/dev/hda2 /mnt/xp_2 ntfs rw,users 0 0
/dev/hdb1 /mnt/xp_3 ntfs rw,users 0 0
/dev/hdb5 /mnt/xp_4 ntfs rw,users 0 0

How can I make the folders xp_2,xp_3,xp_4 unlock?
Do they belong to another group?

Thank you anyway

[iwanabeguru]

edit your fstab , and change the other entries on the same way like the first
case