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

[chikaku]

oopsss...

only "public" and "chika" on gid 100

/etc/fstab
===
/dev/sdb5 /media/m$g ntfs-3g rw,gid=100 0 0
===


/etc/samba/smb.conf
===
[m$]
browseable = yes
path = /media/m$g/installer.old
comment = use GNU/Linux ONLY
public = yes
guest only = yes
===

that's conf works form
but can you tell me your ntfs-3g & samba conf when u make the file server on it?


br,

chika.tambun

[Daverobb]

can anyone help on this one? too new to this, definitely but I want -rw permission to my phone/mp3 which i have mounted both through bluetooth and usb - at the moment only -ro access. I followed the threads above but still not clear on how to set it up in fstab with ntfs-3g

here is what it looks like currently:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# -- This file has been automaticly generated by ntfs-config --
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sdb1 :
UUID=dda2ffed-bb6f-49fc-b71e-a82b8c5e84cf / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-rw 0 1
# Entry for /dev/sdb5 :
UUID=8f5368e0-4e5d-4d68-8136-c98c8cb78c57 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/sda2 /media/HP_PAVILION ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0

[mssever]

can anyone help on this one?

Please post the output of the command mount (when the device is plugged in).

Also, when pasting the output of commands, please put it in [code][/code] tags; it's easier to read that way.

[Daverobb]

Thanks but had some problems due to some of my tinkering (see post thread here)
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=859373

MAybe you have a suggestion of how to get back -- right now using windows for access to the forum, eck.

[Daverobb]

Fixed that other proble (with Alot of help)

Is this what you need to see?

dave@dave-desktop:~$ mount
/dev/sdb1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/sda2 on /media/HP_PAVILION type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,allow_other,blksize=4096)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/dave/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=dave)

hope this helps.

[Daverobb]

actually, this is better -- it shows the drives through usb:

-desktop:~$ mount
/dev/sdb1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/sda2 on /media/HP_PAVILION type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,allow_other,blksize=4096)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/dave/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=dave)
/dev/sdc1 on /media/PHONE type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,utf8,umask=077,flush)
/dev/sdd1 on /media/DAVE STICK type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,utf8,umask=077,flush)

looks like they are vfat, not nfs

and don't they have 'rw' permissions??

[mssever]

/dev/sdc1 on /media/PHONE type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,utf8,umask=077,flush)
/dev/sdd1 on /media/DAVE STICK type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,utf8,umask=077,flush)

looks like they are vfat, not nfs

and don't they have 'rw' permissions??

Yes, they're vfat (what Windows calls FAT32), so NTFS-3G won't help you. Didn't you say in the thread you linked to that you can delete files? If so, you have write access and your problem is something else.

[Daverobb]

yes I can delete files but not save -- when connected via usb the error message says the drives are read only but when i connect via bluetooth the error message is that the backend won't support the operation.

i'll keep looking for a solution but thanks

[edib0y]

Ok, great tutorial. Tried both manual and auto way - everything seems to work great - except i can't find it anywhere! i mounted to media/windows. where should it show up? i can't see it nowhere! I even can cd to it in terminal! Ok, i even can acces it troungh file browser entering in adress "/media/windows". But i would like it to show up in "Computer" as disk, or even to show up anywhere! is that possible?

[edib0y]

ok, found where it is. any chance making it show as drive in computer?