fstab edit

craigers · 12-02-2004, 01:24 AM

how do i edit my fstab so i have read/write access to my windows ntfs drive (i only have read permission now). thanks

hostprotect · 12-02-2004, 01:28 AM

if it were /dev/hda1 try

/dev/hda1 /path/to/mount ntfs umask=002,ro,users 0 0

Make sure your kernel has ntfs support.

shmonkey · 12-02-2004, 02:57 AM

Shouldn't it be rw instead of ro ?

kees-jan · 12-02-2004, 05:25 AM

As far as I know write support for ntfs is not supported. rw won't help much

Groetjes,

Kees-Jan

binumvk · 12-02-2004, 05:39 AM

ntfs is there but we want to recomile the kernel with ntfs support

abisko00 · 12-02-2004, 06:12 AM

If NTFS is there, why do you want to recompile?

You will not get write support, only overwrite support (it is not possible to delete, create or modify the filesize). Real write support is not availlable from kernel NTFS. Only captive-ntfs and some commercial tools allow NTFS write.

This is the information I got from previous threads on this topic.

binumvk · 12-02-2004, 06:22 AM

But in default it is compiled without ntfs support , so u want to recomiple it.

Ntfs write support is there u can compile kernel with that option,But it is dangerous

abisko00 · 12-02-2004, 06:38 AM

binumvk:
Sorry, there was some missunderstanding. I thought you were talking about something you intended to do that was already done. I understood "ntfs support is there and I want to recompile the kernel to get ntfs support", just a semantic problem

BTW: the 'default' is different in various distros. In SuSE NTFS is compiled per default. However, write support is always turned off (per default).

And just for curiosity: did you ever try to write files on NTFS partitions? Are we talking about NTFS in kernel 2.6?

kadhan · 12-02-2004, 10:08 AM

i'm a beginner in linux.so please help me.i'm usin fedora core 1.i cannot write 2 my vfat partitions as a user,but can write as root?what should i do to get r/w access.how fstab should b edited?

abisko00 · 12-02-2004, 10:12 AM

Please post your /etc/fstab, so we can see what might be wrong.

In general it could be a missing umask option. See example in post#2.

kadhan · 12-02-2004, 10:38 AM

here is my etc/fstab
LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda10 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/c vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/d vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/hda6 /mnt/e vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/hda7 /mnt/f vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/hda8 /mnt/g vfat defaults 0 0
please help me

abisko00 · 12-02-2004, 10:43 AM

Edit all your vfat containing lines as follows:

Code:

/dev/hdaX /mnt/Y vfat defaults,umask=000 0 0

kadhan · 12-02-2004, 10:58 AM

abisko00'
thank u.

craigers · 12-02-2004, 07:01 PM

ok, when i first installed linux i had write permission to my windows ntfs drive but i had to take the windows drive out (forgot why) but i turned it on without that drive in and it did an auto config thing at the startup and everything got screwed up. i put the drive back in and had to go edit fstab so it would auto mount the drive again but now i cannot get write permission
running mandrake linux 10.0 Official

binumvk · 12-03-2004, 06:00 AM

haI IAM TALKING ABOUT REDHAT LINUX