Hi i have a paritition with w2000 with ntfs...my problem is that i can only read ...but i can not write (delete file,create directory) etc
I dont know what i must do......
My fstab file :
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/dev/hda1 /windows/C ntfs rw,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=iso8859-7 0 0
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Please help me!

I believe support for writing to ntfs partitions isn't 100% safe.

Well, you will need to exercise caution because it would be possible to trash your windows system if things didn't go correctly.

I am in the process of doing a similar install and I haven't gotten to this aspect yet.

However, I had Mandrake 9.0 installed and accessing my FAT32 windows with no problems. I do not know whether NTFS is "unsafe" as the last person suggested, and perhaps we both better do some web searching on the subject.

But, the solution to being able to write to FAT32 that I found was "umask=0. Yours is set to umask=0002, I think.

Now, a risk is that someone could hack your windows from a user account.

I am giving a bit of thought to this issue, because I think it is easier to hack into a user level account than the root account. Or anyway it is on my system, because I use a stronger password on root than on my everyday user account.

ntfs write support is beta and not safe because microsoft is not releasing its specs you can create a fat drive for data exchange

someone else plz?

What do you mean? The responses you already have recieved from nakkaya, basd and Proud are all correct.

NTFS Write support in Linux is unsafe, it is not recommended if you do try to write to it, as it can trash your whole Windows system. Most that have a dual boot with NTFS and Linux only setup their NTFS drive as read-only, to retrieve files from it; and not to write to it. Your taking a risk if your going to write to your NTFS Windows partition. You should consider formatting your filesystem as FAT if you desperately need write support to your Windows drive from within Linux.

This impress me , because all my friends which have w2000 and linux can write easily in ntfs

And they are taking that risk as well. If you still can't write to your NTFS system, what type of errors do you get? Are you logged in as a regular user or as root when your trying this?

What are your actual permissions of /dev/hda1 where your NTFS resides on?

No, it cant. Maybe as stated they're using FAT formatted partitions as go-betweens. Or stupidly risky. I'm not sure which it'd be for you.

I have given all the permissions to everyone .¶ Even though the administrator takes an error message.....¶
such as cannot create directory¶

Thanks for your help

I recompiled my kernel yesterday -- the "write" support for ntfs is specifically disabled with a note that it is unsafe -- this is in the notes you get when you run the xconfig system. I was also watching tech tv last night and they were discussing this issue. They said, "don't write to NTFS". What everyone does is create a FAT32 partition as a go-between.

Remember that Windows XP can be installed on FAT32 if you definitely require write access. I have not had any problems writing to FAT32.