NTFS mounting only for root on FC4 (and more)

Hirszu · 11-16-2005, 10:55 AM

On Fedora 4 I'm a

, so I have an easy question. How to mount a NTFS partition, that is NOT ONLY open to root? I have the kernel-module-ntfs RPM installed, and it's perfect, but when I mount it with:

Code:

[root@localhost:~]# mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows/C

I see in Konqueror or Nautilus that /mnt/windows/C is locked for me! Only as root I can open it. How can I do it?
Or what can I write in /etc/fstab so that will mount on boot?

PLEASE HELP!

anantshri · 11-16-2005, 11:51 AM

hello,

i hope this help's you

FOR FSTAB
create an entry as for any other file system just type ntfs at file system place

ie it should be something like this

/dev/hda1 /WinXP ntfs defaults 0 0

now this enables access only for root user,
to enable access for all user's or specific user
check man fstab and the change will be in the "defaults"

if you want access for one perticular user the you have to add the userid "number" in place of defaults.

i do the task with webmin. <if need help on this then contact me>

NOTE: - ALL THOSE READING IT KINDLY MAKE SHURE THAT YOUR KERNEL DOES SUPPORT NTFS BEFORE THESE STEPS.
KINDLY KEEP NTFS PARTITIONS AS READONLY COZ WRITE CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS

shams · 11-16-2005, 08:15 PM

read this link .

Hirszu · 11-17-2005, 07:41 AM

Thank you all, it works! I had a little complicated work by it, but... WOOHOO!