fmask dmask for ntfs-3g

Eerie · 06-08-2012, 08:31 AM

I'm trying to set-up my windows media partition so that everyone can access it and play media, but only root can make changes.

ie. I desire:

Code:

drwx-r-x-r-x

In my fstab it currently looks like this:

Code:

/dev/sda1        /win1            ntfs-3g     fmask=177,dmask=077 1   0

and the permissions look accordingly:

Code:

drwx--------

maccas17 · 06-08-2012, 12:16 PM

I think you mean:

Code:

drwxr-xr-x

Try adding the following to your fstab:

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/dev/sda1        /win1            ntfs-3g     umask=022 1   0

The two entries you have are removing read write access for everybody except the owner.

You can create user mappings with the NTFS-3G driver between Windows and Linux to give you some flexibility in managing permissions at a more granular level. Have a look at:

http://b.andre.pagesperso-orange.fr/usermap.html

Hope this helps.