HOWTO: NTFS with read/write support using ntfs-3g (easy method)

[cafemartin]

yea, rebooted several times.
ntfs-3g was installed as shown on the first page:

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

later on i installed ntfs-3g-nautilus-tools. it seems that gproftpd that installed just before has something to do with the failed mkdir in /home/ftp, since the installation of gproftpd created that dir.

Building dependency tree... Done
ntfs-3g-nautilus-tools is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up ntfs-3g-nautilus-tools (0.10-1) ...
mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/ftp/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing ntfs-3g-nautilus-tools (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up clvm (2.02.02-1ubuntu1) ...
Starting Cluster LVM Daemon clvmd could not connect to cluster manager
Consult syslog for more information
invoke-rc.d: initscript clvm, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing clvm (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ntfs-3g-nautilus-tools
 clvm
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

when i try to remove clvm with synaptics:

E: clvm: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

when i try to open the harddrive with nautilus, from computer, it says
"mount: only root can mount /dev/sda1 on /media/pub.ftp"

when i try to open the drive with "sudo nautilus"
i get the same

fusermount: mountpoint is not empty
fusermount: if you are sure this is safe, use the 'nonempty' mount option
fuse_mount failed. unmounting /dev/sda1 (pub.ftp)

if it's not empty, it means it's still somehow mounted?
should i try to bring back everything in the state it was before ntfs-3g and start over? I can't relate the different things together,

[givré]

Hi guys,

scifan, if you want more option 8) , try fixntfs in the ntfsprogs package.

odne, are you sure your usbdisk is ntfs? If it is, be sure to have the patched pmount.

cafemartin,

mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/ftp/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/': No such file or directory

This one is my fault, i forget a -p option, but that should not be the problem.
First, remove that

ntfs-3g silent,umask=0,locale=en_US.utf8,no_def_opts,allow _other 0 0

at the end of your /etc/fstab and try again.

[Paradoxdruid]

Yea, those settings will work. Another possibility is to use this:

umask=007,gid=46

if you want anybody in group plugdev to be able to use it.

I guess you use konqueror, it's something that has been already reported.
But i don't have an answer since i don't use it. You should try to put those option :

umask=007,uid=1000,gid=1000

but not sure it will work.

This is a late reply, but in case anyone else using Kubuntu has the same"could not change permissions" problem that I did-

gid=46 didn't resolve the problem for me, but uid=1000,gid=1000 did. I guess I'm not a full member of plugdev or something...

Thanks for all the work and time spent answering questions, everyone!

[m94mni]

Givré: The patched pmount is at version 0.9.11, but the version of pmount in edgy is 0.9.13 - any change of edgy packages, or alternatively integrating your patch into the edgy release? Or just posting the patch itself so I can try patching 0.9.13...

[cafemartin]

hi all, i took the line out of fstab.
reran
sudo umount -a
sudo mount -a

make a new directory in /media
changed the line for the troublesome drive in fstab to point to this new directory
reran
sudo umount -a
sudo mount -a

and the problem's gone!
the drive shows up on my desktop, together with the other drives.
I can write to it and the gnome disks manager went back to normal operation.
thanks!

[m94mni]

I hava an extern usbdisc, and tried ntfs-3g-nautilus-tools. But I got error trying to mount it with the script:"Error: device /dev/sdb1 is not mounted, Error: invalid file system name 'ntfs-3g'". Anybody got a clue?

I had this on Edgy, which has a newer pmount. If you run edgy, try:

sudo aptitude install pmount=0.9.11-1ubuntu2givre5

which will installed the patched pmount.

For me, that makes the error go away, and the device can be mounted with the nautilus script. However, no icon on the desktop....

[givré]

m94mni, it's because you need also the patched hal. I'll make some package for edgy when i'll have time, in few days.

[m94mni]

m94mni, it's because you need also the patched hal. I'll make some package for edgy when i'll have time, in few days.

Ah, ok, missed that one. Unfortunately installing the givre version breaks gnome-volume-manager:

gnome-volume-manager: Depends: hal (>= 0.5.7.1-0ubuntu4) but 0.5.7-1ubuntu19givre1 is to be installed.

...

[givré]

Ah, ok, missed that one. Unfortunately installing the givre version breaks gnome-volume-manager:

gnome-volume-manager: Depends: hal (>= 0.5.7.1-0ubuntu4) but 0.5.7-1ubuntu19givre1 is to be installed.

...

Yeah hal is too much integrate in the system to be change like that. Wait a bit, that will come

[domino]

I know that this comment might be a little too far in the future for some. I just wanted to let you guys know my experience with Vista Pre-RC 1 and ntfs-3g.

I have a directory named "virtualdisks" with 2 subdirectories containing 15 files. Under WinXP and Linux, I can access those files and folders. Under Vista I could not and would complain about not having permission to access the files and folders. Still in Vista, I could not access the folder's security setting at all. I decided to go back to WinXP and create another directory named "vmdk" and move the 2 subdirectories that used to be in the "virtualdisks" directory. I booted back to Vista and I can now access the files and folders.

The moral of this story is, be careful with ntfs-3g and Vista.