NTFS Mounting

[gatekeeper]

I have 2 NTFS Partitions which are not shown automatically at the Konqueror home page when I log into my account. When I mount them to /windows/c and /windows/d they appear normally, but I cannot browse them b/c of permissions. Only by being root I can browse into them, but I want to be able to do that as a regular user too. How can I do that?

[DarthOpto]

NTFS 3g, is something which you will want to check out. I found that this was fairly simple to setup follow the instructions on their site. This will allow you to mount and read/write to your ntfs partitions.

[gatekeeper]

NTFS 3g, is something which you will want to check out. I found that this was fairly simple to setup follow the instructions on their site. This will allow you to mount and read/write to your ntfs partitions.

The problem is about permissions. As "root" I can read them (which is my main concern right now), but as a regular user I cannot read them. As far as writting to them is concerned, that I let for another time.

[linoleum13]

As root you should be able to add your other non-root account as a user of the NTFS drive. Right click on the drive and look for permissions. You will probbaly have to go into the advanced tab. Or you can just allow anyone access to the drive.

[gatekeeper]

As root you should be able to add your other non-root account as a user of the NTFS drive.

How can I do that? I think it would be better just to have one user to be able to read the ntfs partitions, not everyone.

[devils casper]

in /etc/fstab file, add uid and gid of user to whom you want to give NTFS read/write access.
execute 'id' command and note down uid and gid.
eidt /etc/fstab file

/dev/<partition>  <mount_point>   ntfs-3g   defaults,uid=xxx,gid=xxx  0 0

OR add umask=0 to enable full access to all users.

[gatekeeper]

/dev/hda1 /windows/XP ntfs-3g main,users 0 0
/dev/hda2 /windows/D ntfs-3g main,users 0 0
/dev/hda3 / ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 1
............. (cont'd)

Is that correct?

[devils casper]

/dev/hda1 /windows/XP ntfs-3g main,users 0 0

what is main? if you want to give Full access to all users, add umask as i suggested earlier.

/dev/hda1    /windows/XP   ntfs-3g     defaults,umask=0    0   0

[gatekeeper]

"Main" is the name of the user. I did as you told me but the same problem. Cannot enter the partitions. I think the problem is that I created (as root) the folders /windows, /windows/C, and /windows/D
As "main" user I cannot enter them due to permissions. What should I do?

[devils casper]

execute this

id main

note down uid and gid of user main.
edit /etc/fstab file

/dev/hda1        /windows/XP    ntfs-3g    defaults,umask=0,uid=xxxx gid=xxxx 0 0

replace xxxx with actual uid and gid of user main.