Deleting Files on NTFS shared

[jmadero]

Hi All,

I have a system that is dual booting Windows/Ubuntu, I rarely use Windows but when I do I want to have access to m files in Ubuntu, so I basically have set it up to where all of my storage is in Windows and thus is accessible in Ubuntu. I can read/write to the NTFS partition no problem.

The issue is when I try to delete a file it doesn't go to the trash, instead it gives me a warning saying it can't go to the trash and instead must permanently delete the file and asked me if I'm sure....this gets really old as I constantly have to "verify" that I'm sure I want to delete a file, much easier to have it go to the trash and just to empty the trash once every week or two.

So, is there a way I can set it up so I can do this? If not, should I bug report this or is it a limitation put on by Windows which is insurmountable?

Thanks all!

[raghaven.kumar]

Hi,
You might want to do a safe-rm
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[Zeroangel]

If you use shift+delete, it will bypass that warning, since shift-delete is the hotkey for permanent delete.

[raghaven.kumar]

If you use shift+delete, it will bypass that warning, since shift-delete is the hotkey for permanent delete.

No man,
he wants to get the warning before deleting and even if he does approves the warning, it should go to the Trash.
Maybe Removing the keyboard shortcut (Shift+Delete) will help you.

[Zeroangel]

This other thing will allow you to use trash:

Edit your /etc/fstab file, by typing the command gksu gedit /etc/fstab

Find the entry which points to your NTFS drive

add the following information into the 'options' area of the fstab entry (the options are immediately before the two 0/1 numbers, and seperated by commas)

Add these entries to it

umask=000,uid=1000

So if your fstab entry looks like this

UUID=4DD2955E3E83EC02 /media/wardog ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,gid=047 0 1

Change it to

UUID=4DD2955E3E83EC02 /media/wardog ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=000,uid=1000,gid=047 0 1

Save and reboot
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The UID entry sets your user as the owner and gives you read write execute permissions, and the umask entry removes other potential permissions problems. The result is a working trash can for that drive.

[jmadero]

hey all,

I think I was unclear on what I want (ZeroAngel I think you have it right but your command failed, my drive doesn't even mount when I add those)

UUID=23914C023V234B1FA /media/Windows ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=000, uid = 1000,gid=46 0 1

I don't want to be prompted every time, I don't want warnings, I don't want to verify deletes after each round, I don't want to have to permenantly delete each thing before it going to trash. I want it to go to the trash without being prompted and then be able to just empty my trash like normal once a week or so, exactly how it works "normally" under EXT partitions.

Thanks all

[Zeroangel]

Try this one:

UUID=23914C023V234B1FA /media/Windows ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=000,uid=1000,gid=46 0 1

Its exactly like the one you posted but note how there are no longer any spaces around the part that says "uid"

[jmadero]

excellent! worked, can you tell me what those extra two things really do? Thanks!

[Zeroangel]

Good to know!

umask = 000 gives rwx (read-write-execute) permissions to all users -- (its the inverse of chmod 777 which does the same)

uid=1000 sets the 'owner' of the files on the partition to the main user, which by default has the user id # 1000