ntfs-3g

[rn5a]

I used the ntfs-3g package to assign read & write permissions to Windows drives that have the NTFS file system but now I want to revoke ONLY the write permission from the NTFS drives & keep the read permission as it is so that the contents of the NTFS drives cannot be tampered.

How do I do this?

Please note that after installing the ntfs-3g package, I changed one of the lines in the file named fstab (in the etc directory) from

/dev/hdc8 /mnt/windows/D: ntfs defaults 0 0

to

/dev/hdc8 /mnt/windows/D: ntfs-3g defaults 0 0

Thanks,

Ron

[glennzo]

There is a read-only option that you can use for the line in fstab. Open a terminal and type man ntfs-3g. That will tell you all you need to know. If I knew how to use the ro option I'd clue you in, but alas....

[kevkim55]

Modify the line in fatab as below:

/dev/hdc8 /mnt/windows/D: ntfs-3g defaults,ro 0 0

[rn5a]

Thanks to both of you for your help.

BTW, is there any difference between

/dev/hdc8 /mnt/windows/D: ntfs-3g defaults,ro 0 0

&

/dev/hdc8 /mnt/windows/D: ntfs-3g ro 0 0

Or are they one & the same thing? The reason I am asking this is because in another forum, I was told by a gentleman to REPLACE defaults with ro.

Thanks once again to both of you,

Regards,

Ron