You could try something like this in /etc/fstab :
/dev/hda1 /mnt/window ntfs noauto,users,exec,ro,umask=000 0 0

If you want to set uid and gid use the following but umask already took care of permissions to read and execute.
/dev/hda1 /mnt/window ntfs noauto,users,exec,ro,uid=root,gid=users,umask=000 0 0

Hi,

thanks for your help, I'll try that tonight after work.

Should I add the ntfs support to modconf since I usually have to do modprobe ntfs to get it to work? Or does fstab take care of that?

Thanks,
Matt

You can add it with modconf or manually to whatever file you use for loading modules. Perhaps under some file in /etc/modprobe.d/ or with 2.4 kernels /etc/modules.conf

Hi,

When I edited fstab, I got this after I exited:

Any idea?
I entered
/dev/hdb1 /mnt/window ntfs noauto,users,exec,ro,umask=000 0 0
into fstab.

Thanks,
Matt

The error has nothing to do with what you typed in fstab, but rather how you edited it. It is often easiest to use a console editor to edit files as root. "apt-get install nano" and as root type "nano /etc/fstab", nano is self explanatory at the bottom of the screen, ctrl-x to quit and so on. If you wish to use a gui editor as root, "apt-get install sux" and use sux instead of su to become root.

HI,

I was using vi, is that not good enough?

Also, now the filesystem is mounted when the computer starts up, but I still can't access it. If I try through Konqueror, it says it doesn't exist. If I try through Konsole as root, I can get into the directory, but ls doesn't bring up anything.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Matt

Edit: I'm not sure, but I don't think fstab mounted it properly because I can still actually use the mount command to mount /dev/hdb1 to /mnt/windows. If I do this, I'm then able to see all the files in the directory... Still can't access with a normal user though.

It shouldn't be automounted on bootup while you have the noauto option for it in fstab. Change it to auto if you like.
What does the command "mount" say about it?
What are the permissions on the mountpoint? Writable to users?