-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > Greetings; > > I am dual booting my desktop and most everything is working fine. > > But, I can't get to my Win 2k disks unless I am logged on as root. > The arg line in fstab specifies rw, but they are mounted ro for root > only! Note: since Windows is not running they aren't smb or exported. > > I really don't like to run as root because I make a lot of typos, some of > which could be disastrous! > > Here is what happens: (Notice I am root right now.) > > /dev/hda1 on /cdrv type ntfs (rw,uid=0,gid=100) > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# chmod a+rx /cdrv > chmod: changing permissions of `/cdrv': Read-only file system > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# > > And everything is still 400 or 600. Nothing changes. > > Any suggestions?? > > Many TIA! > Dennis > > As others have suggested you might want to try ntfs-3g, but I can explain why only root can see the files. The uid=0 is setting it to root only access. Change it to uid=1000 or whatever id that your user has, or just remove it (and the gid as well). This line will work (in /etc/fstab)
/dev/hda1 /cdrv ntfs auto,users,exec,ro,umask=0 0 0 without ntfs-3g and give you read only access to it, which is the safest way. Note the auto,users,exec,ro,umask=0 That means, automount the partitions, allow users to use it and make it read and execute (if it were rw, then it would also allow writing). Personally, I don't recommend even using ntfs partitions at all. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGBWSbiXBCVWpc5J4RAn/aAJ9imcylYDinRXoM4e9VSdnNd4g1RQCeLAoZ RTubD0rgjp6VsoovcxIsEOs= =nFtw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]