Can't access Windows hard drive through user account

[Mr_Tricorder]

I would like to access my Windows hard drive (hda1) through my normal user account, but when I log in as root and try to change permissions for it, it comes up with a message saying that I can't change permissions for that drive. Can anyone help me fix this?

[kern]

you can't change the windows drive perms though

in your /etc/fstab , make sure you have 'user' in your options, this will allow it to be user mountable

also, check the permissions on the mountpoint

ls -lhd <mountpoint>

change the perms and see if you can read after mounting

chmod 777 <mountpoint>

[Mr_Tricorder]

I tried doing what you suggested, but I still can't get it to work.

[kern]

what line is in your /etc/fstab for that partition?

try unmounting the drive first

what does ls -lhd <mountpount> return?

[bidi]

As far as I know, kern's method is the only way to do it.

Unmount the drive, change permission of the mount point to 777, remount the drive!

I tend to not have my Windows partition user mountable since I don't really want anyone unmount it once it's up (I have it to mount at boot time). If you want that capability, do as kern suggested and add a "user" option to fstab. Also make sure you're mount it "ro" (read-only).

[Mr_Tricorder]

here's what my fstab file looks like after adding "user".

/dev/hdb1 / ext3 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda1 /ntfs-c ntfs ro,user 1 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,owner,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

Here's what I get when I type "ls -lhd /ntfs-c" into the command line.

dr-x------ 1 root root 8.0K 2006-02-05 18:06 /ntfs-c

What am I doing wrong?

[Nerderello]

I do this in /etc/fstab to access my windows partitiion:-

/dev/hdc1           /mnt/dos            vfat    umask=0000,auto,noexec   0 0

The partition, on my PC, is called /dev/hdc1, the mount point (folder) is called /mnt/dos and the umasc stuff (basically the binary revrese of a normal chmod) is the bit that allows free access.

have fun

Nerderello

[kern]

type mount to see whats mounted,

unmount the /ntfs-c partition, then

chmod 777 /ntfs-c

mount /ntsc-c

do the permissions stay the same after mount? ro really isnt needed as NTFS write support is disabled by default anyway

here's what my fstab file looks like after adding "user".

/dev/hdb1 / ext3 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda1 /ntfs-c ntfs ro,user 1 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,owner,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

Here's what I get when I type "ls -lhd /ntfs-c" into the command line.

dr-x------ 1 root root 8.0K 2006-02-05 18:06 /ntfs-c

What am I doing wrong?

[lestoil]

Did you mkdir /ntfs-c? and chmod 660 ( or similar) /ntfs-c?
Or did you setup the windows partition during install?
Good luck.

[Mr_Tricorder]

type mount to see whats mounted,

unmount the /ntfs-c partition, then

chmod 777 /ntfs-c

mount /ntsc-c

do the permissions stay the same after mount? ro really isnt needed as NTFS write support is disabled by default anyway

The permissions stay the same.
I didn't add "ro" to the fstab line. It was already there. All I did was add "user".

Did you mkdir /ntfs-c? and chmod 660 ( or similar) /ntfs-c?
Or did you setup the windows partition during install?
Good luck.

I set it up during the install.