permission wont do for ntfs
 

i am now in kevinling account

/d is owned by root

i used it to mount ntfs d:\ partition to /d folder
i have
# su
# password:
# chmod -Rv a+rx /d
mode of `/d' changed to 0555 (r-xr-xr-x)

then i mount my d:\ which is /dev/hda5

# mount -t ntfs /dev/hda5 /d -r

then try to access /d and it said permission denied.

why is this happenning?
the output said that i can read and execute for all users.

i am trying follow the principal and use a normal account in my RH9
i was used to root account where i dont care about permissions.
after all of these permissions denied problem it makes me wanted to go back using
root account

Try searching the forum, this is one of the most
commonly asked (and answered) things ...
Search terms:
ntfs umask user mount



Cheers,
Tink

Also search for 'uid=' & 'gid=', this lets you set ownership. To add options with mount's 'o' option:
mount -t ntfs /dev/hda5 /d -o uid=demmylls

does linux support writing to ntfs

As far as I know, it is still in an experimental state and it is said to be dangerous to use. Just wait for some more time.

........ and for the current state of play, check out:

http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/index.html

SuSE 9.0 does, AFAIK.

hmmm
cool