[SOLVED] mount ntfs with fstab dmask=027,fmask=137 but no write access

menthor · 01-29-2012, 04:06 PM

My /etc/fstab looks like this:

Code:

UUID=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX   /media/sda1     ntfs    auto,gid=test,dmask=027,fmask=137      0       0
UUID=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX   /media/sda5     ntfs    auto,gid=test,dmask=027,fmask=137      0       0
UUID=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX   /media/sda6     ntfs    auto,gid=test,dmask=027,fmask=137      0       0

So far so good but when I do

Code:

ls -l /media

I get:

Code:

dr-xr-x--- 1 root test 4096 Jan  2 23:11 sda1
dr-xr-x--- 1 root test 8192 Apr  2  2011 sda5
dr-xr-x--- 1 root test 4096 Apr  2  2011 sda6

Why does root not receive write access?
Even when I change the dmask and fmask to

Code:

dmask=000,fmask=000

I get:

Code:

dr-xr-xr-x 1 root test 4096 Jan  2 23:11 sda1

But still no write acces. Am I missing something?

odiseo77 · 01-29-2012, 04:16 PM

Hi,

You need to install the ntfs-3g package from the repositories (it's the ntfs read/write driver), and in the file system type column, change "ntfs" for "ntfs-3g" (without the quotes). This way, you will tell fstab to use the ntfs-3g driver, instead of the kernel generic one.

Cheers.

menthor · 01-29-2012, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by odiseo77

Hi,

You need to install the ntfs-3g package from the repositories (it's the ntfs read/write driver), and in the file system type column, change "ntfs" for "ntfs-3g" (without the quotes). This way, you will tell fstab to use the ntfs-3g driver, instead of the kernel generic one.

Cheers.

I did as you said, but now only one of the 3 partitions is mounted with write access.
edit: I just restarted and now all of them have write access.
Thank you

widget · 01-29-2012, 04:56 PM

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