Mounting NTFS Partition

[lwpack]

Hi all. I have a vista/ubuntu dual boot. I've been told that linux has read access to ntfs partitions so I tried mounting my vista partition from linux but I'm denied access (sudo doesn't rectify the problem). I think it's mounting fine, but I can't cd into the ntfs directory. Here's the line in my /etc/fstab file (vista is in my sda3 partition):

/dev/sda3 /media/vista ntfs user,auto

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[devils casper]

first of all try to mount ntfs partition manually.
create mount_point (folder) and mount partition.

sudo mkdir /media/vista1
sudo mount -t ntfs  /dev/sda3  /media/vista1  -o  defaults,umask=0
ls /media/vista1

[lwpack]

first of all try to mount ntfs partition manually.
create mount_point (folder) and mount partition.

sudo mkdir /media/vista1
sudo mount -t ntfs  /dev/sda3  /media/vista1  -o  defaults,umask=0
ls /media/vista1

That worked! Thanks! What do I put in my /etc/fstab file so it boots automatically at startup?
Casper, you're always there to save me.

[devils casper]

replace /dev/vista line in /etc/fstab file with this

/dev/sda3   /media/vista   ntfs defaults,umask=0 0 0

you can enable ntfs write access too. if your machine is connected to internet, execute this

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g

replace 'ntfs' with 'ntfs-3g' in /etc/fstab file.