NTFS with FTP?

LordDiablo · 01-17-2006, 02:53 PM

Hi everyone.

I just started my own FTP server in ubuntu and I have external hard disk with NTFS filesystem.

Now I'm trying to find out that how I can share NTFS content via my FTP server.

Please can someone help me ?!?!

soulestream · 01-17-2006, 04:23 PM

you wont be able to write to the NTFS drive safely.

However if you are just wanting to share data off it

just mount the NTFS drive and then make it a FTP folder.

/dev/hda# /mnt/ntfs ntfs auto,users,umask=222 0 0
(thats off the top of my head, but looks correct)

soule

LordDiablo · 01-18-2006, 03:38 AM

How the syntax goes if I want to add link from NTFS system to my FTP folder and share all subdirs?

.. (And sorry my bad english) ...

LordDiablo · 01-18-2006, 10:37 AM

Ubuntu auto mounts my NTFS drive and gives it 500 user permissions and I can't change those permissions for NTFS because it's read only drive.

Can someone help me?!?!

Master of Reality · 01-18-2006, 12:01 PM

as was mentioned, it will have to be readonly because you cant safely write to NTFS using Linux. I think that even if you enable NTFS write-support(requires recompiling the kernel) you can only edit files that have already been created.

So youll have to add wherever it is mounted as an FTP folder.

LordDiablo · 01-18-2006, 12:09 PM

So I can't add read permissions to group and other?

Master of Reality · 01-18-2006, 12:31 PM

oh... hm.... you can.... Is there a line in /etc/fstab that looks like: /dev/hda# /mnt/ntfs ntfs auto,users,umask=500 0 0

where /dev/hda# is where the partition is and /mnt/ntfs would be where it gets autmounted. If there is a line like this you need to change "umask=500" to "umask=555" if you want everyone to be able to read it

LordDiablo · 01-18-2006, 02:34 PM

I don't have that kind of line in fstab but in mtab I have
/dev/sda1 /media/NameOfPartition ntfs
rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,iocharset=ut f8 0 0

If I change umask to 555 or even if I change other 7 to something else I can't
make link to FTP directory from the NTFS system.

LordDiablo · 01-18-2006, 02:44 PM

It says "Cannot create link /etc/mtab~
Perhaps there is a stale lock file?"
when trying to add link to FTP directory

KimVette · 01-18-2006, 10:15 PM

You can safely write to NTFS partitions in Linux if you upgrade the kernel to 2.6.15

LordDiablo · 01-19-2006, 09:31 AM

Why I can't add link to my FTP folder from NTFS if group and other have rights to read that drive?

Master of Reality · 01-19-2006, 09:46 AM

try chmodding the directory so that other have execute permissions?

LordDiablo · 01-19-2006, 10:56 AM

I couldn't chmod because drive was read only. I solved the problem when I removed those lines from mtab to fstab and then I changed rights there. Now my FTP server is running and working properly. Cheers to all!!!

soulestream · 01-19-2006, 05:16 PM

Quote:

You can safely write to NTFS partitions in Linux if you upgrade the kernel to 2.6.15

are you sure about that or did they just not change the help file yet

2.6.15 NTFS Help File

soule

Master of Reality · 01-20-2006, 08:19 AM

I'm fairly sure hes right about it, so perhaps the help file is not updated. There is still some limitations (ie. cannot create new files or directories and some heavily fragmented files cant be edited.)