Permission denied to a partition

jaen · 05-13-2007, 11:10 PM

I'm new using linux.
I have Fedora Core 5.
I have only one disk (55.6 GB)and made 2 partitions: sda1 -> windows (ntfs), sda2 -> Fedora Core 5 along with "swap (swap)", "/home (ext3)" and "/ (ext3)".
It turns out that everytime I want to acces my windows partition from fedora a sign shows up saying "Permition Denied".
I tried to change the properties, but I still can't access my windows partition.

fukawi2 · 05-13-2007, 11:17 PM

Do you have 2 partitions or 5? You've said 2, but listed 5...

How have you mounted the Windows partition, and where have you mounted it?

I don't believe Fedora comes with NTFS drivers as it would be against their "Open Source Only" philosophy, so I'm guessing you've installed them yourself? Which driver - ntfs or ntfs-3g?

pixellany · 05-13-2007, 11:41 PM

Please post the output of (run as root):

fdisk -l

more /etc/fstab

vtel57 · 05-14-2007, 12:24 AM

This could be an SELinux permissions warning, not a Fedora warning. I seem to remember SELinux causing me problems like this when I was running FC 5 a few months ago.

Mara · 05-14-2007, 03:03 PM

Moved: This thread is more suitable in Linux-Newbie and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

Please check if you're able to access the Windows partition as root (administrator user).

jaen · 05-14-2007, 08:34 PM

Well I tried to access the windows partition as a root, and it still didn't work out.
And my disk actually has 4 partitions: "windows" -> (ntfs), "/" -> (ext3), "home" -> (ext3) and "swap" -> (swap)

jaen · 05-14-2007, 08:37 PM

/etc/fstab

/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0

Mara · 05-16-2007, 03:12 PM

I can't see the Windows partition in your fstab. What command do you use to mount it?

jaen · 05-16-2007, 05:29 PM

well, I'm pertty much a newbie in linux. So I don't even remember mounting a windows partition.

Mara · 05-17-2007, 04:34 PM

So you have not mounted it and the system didn't catch it during install. Fixable... First we need to find out which partition is Windows. Run
fdisk -l
and post the result.

jaen · 05-19-2007, 10:22 AM

I opened the terminal and logged in as root, then I wrote "fdisk -l" and a "bash: fdisk: command not found" sign showed up.

Mara · 05-19-2007, 04:09 PM

Try /sbin/fdisk -l
If it doesn't work run
cat /proc/partitions
cat /proc/mounts

jaen · 05-20-2007, 07:33 PM

When I run "/sbin/fdisk -l" notihng happens,
but when I run "cat /proc/partitions" the following shows up:

major minor #blocks name

8 0 58605120 sda
8 1 24916815 sda1
8 2 96390 sda2
8 3 33583882 sda3
253 0 32473088 dm-0
253 1 1048576 dm-1

And when I run "cat /proc/mounts", the following shows up:

rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
/dev/root / ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0
/dev /dev tmpfs rw 0 0
/proc /proc proc rw 0 0
/sys /sys sysfs rw 0 0
none /selinux selinuxfs rw 0 0
/proc/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0
/dev/sda2 /boot ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0
sunrpc /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs rw 0 0
automount(pid2005) /net autofs rw 0 0