i have

/dev/hda8 / ext3 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda6 swap swap pri=42 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs noauto 0 0
/dev/cdrecorder /media/cdrecorder auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
/dev/dvd /media/dvd auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto noauto,user,sync 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/WindowsD ntfs user,ro,umask=022 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/WindowsC ntfs user,ro,umask=022 0 0

in my fstab data. I can view my Windows Hard Drive as root but I'm having problems on reading as a normal user. I dont know whats wrong in my fstab file. could someone give me some tips that would be very helpful.

Do you have the correct permissions on fstab? Try 'chmod 644 fstab' as root in order for normal users to be able to read the file.

What error message do you get?

As a normal user, when I open the WindowsC Directory, this message shows:

Unable to enter file:/mnt/WindowsC/. You do not have access rights to this location.

try changing your "umask=022" to "umask=000"

I tried it before but it never works. I'm just now wondering why I can read my WindowsD Partition as a normal user but not the WindowsC Partition. What am doing wrong?

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=182104

try "umask=144" it works for me!

edit: look at the folder permissions AFTER you mount the drive to see what chages you have made

i tried "umask=144" but it still didnt worked for me. As I was running Suse 8.2, the "umask=000" worked fine. Now im running Suse 9.0 and WinXp with NTFS drive. One thing I dont understand is that sometimes with the "umask=022", I can read my WindowsD as a normal user, about editing the fstab on many ways and set the value back to "umask=022", normal users cant read it anymore. I have no idea what happened. What could it be?

see "man umask" to see how it works, thats the only help i can give on the subject.

edit: except this! umask changes the existing permissions - so try without a umask and see what needs to change.