why doesnt i have any access to my ntfs partition as user?
 

i can only reach my ntfs partition with root and not my user.
i have redhat 8.0 and i have mounted the ntfs partition.
:Pengy:

read thread "changing permissions of a command"

how do you mount?

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You'll need to either mount it with user permissions (the hard way) or edit your /etc/fstab entry to allow users to browse/mount the drive. You'll want it to look something like:
/dev/hdX /mnt/ntfs ntfs users,owner,umask=222,ro 0 0

I always throw in several to show ideas, but they will work. However, you should read up on the manpage for mount for more information regarding the "options" section of /etc/fstab.

Cool

i tried that line of code you wrote,

/dev/hda5 /mnt/windows ntfs user,owner,umask=222,ro 0 0

i am still unable to access the mounted partition, shoots out the message, "not enough permissions to read /mnt/windows"

i thought the keyword "user" would allow any user to read all the contents in that mounted parition.

Try "users" instead of "user" See if that helps any.

Cool

nope, still unable to access the partition, "not enough permissions to read"

hmmm...

Who's mounting it? If you mount it as your user you should be able to get in. Try mounting it with (as a regular user):
mount /mnt/windows

And then try getting in. If you still can't, maybe it's a problem on the directory on which it is mounted. Try:
chmod 755 /mnt/windows (as root)
Then try entering again.

Cool

it is automatically on boot.

tried
chmod 755 /mnt/windows

i am able to access the partition, but permission was denied to "ls"" the contents at the command line.

was unable to access the partition from konqueror too. same message "not enough permissions"

thks for your quick response.

Are you able to get in there with root though? If root can get in, then we can look further, but if root's not even getting in, then there's a problem either with the device, or with the entry in /etc/fstab.

Cool

help
 

I am having the EXACT same problem with the exact same type setup. if anyone can help or if you figure it out PLEASE let me know

Please post your /etc/fstab But just to get the ball rollin for you, here's something to try:
/dev/hdX /mnt/winbloze ntfs users,user,noauto,ro,umask=022 0 0

The umask of 022 won't allow writing (the 0) unless you've explicitly taken the steps to allow writing to NTFS, and you would know if you did or not, so go ahead and use that umask.

Cool

fstab
 

as of right now heres my the line in my fstab which isnt working

/dev/hda1 /mnt/c ntfs noauto,users,user,ro,unmask=022 0 0

Can root enter the directory and list the files?

yes, root doesnt have any problems, but just like macshark had described before the user account gets restricted access errors at all different attempts to access the files