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

[givré]

I guess you don't use the main-all channel.
You need the patched hal to access your device via computer://

[deblover]

hello, fellow Ubuntu/Debian users,
yesterday got installed ntfs-3g.i have a small problem.ie,i can write as local user also in my win ntfs partn.now isnt this a problem regarding the security...i have my /etc/fstab value as below.

#hdd partitions

/dev/sda1       /mnt/win_C      ntfs-3g  defaults,locale=en_US.utf8   0    0

already i tried adding umask=022 etc.expecting help...

[givré]

Hi deblover,
You should have a look at the man :

uid=, gid=, umask=
Provide default owner, group, and access mode mask. These options work as documented in mount(8). By
default, the files and directories are owned by the user who mounted the volume but everybody has full
read, write and executable access, moreover browse permission to any directory. If you want to use the
currently limited permission handling then use these options together with the default_permissions, fmask
and dmask options.

[wargarv]

hi givrè thanks, but i've still installed the patched hal

sudo apt-get install hal libhal1 libhal-storage1 pmount
Password:
Lettura della lista dei pacchetti in corso... Fatto
Generazione dell'albero delle dipendenze in corso... Fatto
hal è già alla versione più recente.(--->trad. it's the last version)
libhal1 è già alla versione più recente.(--->trad. it's the last version)
libhal-storage1 è già alla versione più recente.(--->trad. it's the last version)
pmount è già alla versione più recente.(--->trad. it's the last version)

as I said before I've done exactly what is written in the first post...and I don't know why it works in this strange way, I can work on the devices only going to /media/<mount dir>, every other way is forbidden and give me error
(i've already tried to unmount all and remount all by shell)

If I upgrade to edgy should the problem be fixed?

[givré]

every other way is forbidden and give me error

It's not really that it's forbidden, it's more like that it's not recognize.
Can you give me the output of:

apt-cache policy hal

Thanks

If I upgrade to edgy should the problem be fixed?

I'm pretty sure of that, but that should work without that.

[wargarv]

hal:
Installed: 0.5.7-1ubuntu18
Candidate: 0.5.7-1ubuntu18
Tabella versione:
*** 0.5.7-1ubuntu18 0
500 cdrom://Ubuntu 6.06.1 _Dapper Drake_ - Release i386 (20060807.1) dap per/main Packages
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

thank you so much

[givré]

Ok, so the problem is just that you don't have the patched hal.
Let see your /etc/apt/sources.list

[boilerlinux]

first of all: thanks a lot for this guide. it made it possible that i have read/write permissions for 2 of my external usb hard drives.

however: that's it. in total, i have 15 usb hard drives, 14 of them can be connected with my system at the same time (works like charm in windows)

prior to the install of ntfs-3g, each drive was 'recognized' by ubuntu when i plug them in. I could access and read them.

now, only those 2 drives i pluged in first after i installed ntfs-3g are recognized. those 2 drives can be accessed, i can even write onto them.

but none of the other disks are recognized. sometimes, one of them does pop up on the ubuntu desktop, but then i can't access it (no read/write permissions)

any ideas what might be the problem?

[givré]

Hi boilerlinux,

You have to be sure that none of them are in your /etc/fstab.

[deblover]

hello givre,
will u post a line for /etc/fstab for my ntfs partn with restrictions for others ie,(like 755)...i dont get resolve fmask and dmask options.