"Permission Denied" while accessing ntfs partition in user mode

funkymunky · 03-25-2006, 09:59 AM

hi everyone,

Im using fedora core 5 on my x86_64 based laptop, dual booted with WindowsXP. I have one NTFS partition and one FAT32 partition on the windows side.

i am using the "kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5-2.1.26-0.rr.10.5.x86_64"
. Now the problem im facing is that i get a "Permission Denied" error when i try to access that NTFS partition in user mode after ive mounted it, whereas im able to access it normally in superuser mode. I see a lock around that mount point`s icon when im logged in user mode, but not when im logged in as root. Heres what happens when i check the NTFS mount`s privileges and try to change them:

Code:

dr-x------ 1 root root 8192 Mar 21 11:33 C_ntfs
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 8192 Dec 31  1969 D_vfat
chmod: changing permissions of `C_ntfs/': Read-only file system

so as u can see, im unable to change the permissions of that partition too..

also, heres my /etc/fstab/ file:

Code:

LABEL=/1                /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
LABEL=/boot1            /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
LABEL=SWAP-hda7         swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
/dev/hda1		/mnt/C_ntfs		ntfs	rw,auto,users,exec,async,dev	0 0
/dev/hda5		/mnt/D_vfat		vfat	rw,auto,users,exec,async,dev	0 0

whats going on?

thanks in advance,
Mayank

Brian1 · 03-25-2006, 02:33 PM

Add this option to your fstab file. umask=0000

Code:

/dev/hda1		/mnt/C_ntfs		ntfs	umask=0000,rw,auto,users,exec,async,dev	0 0

funkymunky · 03-25-2006, 03:33 PM

That worked, thank you very much.

coolarm · 01-31-2009, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian1

Add this option to your fstab file. umask=0000

Code:

/dev/hda1		/mnt/C_ntfs		ntfs	umask=0000,rw,auto,users,exec,async,dev	0 0

I looked through many websites and after hours of searching found the right solution over here. You made my day. Thanks Brian1