** Also affects: ntfs-3g
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Nautilus suggests option for mounting hibernated ntfs partitions that
could lead to data loss
Status in NTFS-3G:
New
Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
--- What happens: ---
If a user tries to open an ntfs partition that has been hibernated while
using Nautilus they will be presented with this dialog:
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Unable to mount XP
Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 14: Windows is hibernated,
refused to mount.
Failed to mount '/dev/sda3': Operation not permitted
The NTFS partition is hibernated. Please resume and shutdown Windows
properly, or mount the volume read-only with the 'ro' mount option, or
mount the volume read-write with the 'remove_hiberfile' mount option.
For example type on the command line:
mount -t ntfs-3g -o remove_hiberfile /dev/sda3 /media/XP_
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The last suggestion, "mount the volume read-write with the
'remove_hiberfile' mount option," is problematic because doing this
would delete the 'hiberfile.sys' file and cause the user to lose all
information on the saved session--potentially including unsaved work.
Here is a selection from the ntfs-3g manpage explaining this option:
remove_hiberfile
Unlike in case of read-only mount, the read-write mount is
denied if the NTFS volume is hibernated. One needs either to
resume Windows and shutdown it properly, or use this option
which will remove the Windows hibernation file. Please note,
this means that the saved Windows session will be completely
lost. Use this option under your own responsibility.
The fact that the exact command to do this is prominently displayed
(and is the only command displayed) without any warning that this will
delete the saved Windows session only aggravates the risk of data
loss.
--- What should happen: ---
1. If a command is to be prominently displayed it should be the
command to mount the partition in read-only mode (see command
below)--this is the only completely safe way to mount a hibernated
ntfs-partition without risking data loss.
mount -t ntfs-3g -o ro /dev/sda3 /media/XP_
2. A warning should be included in the Nautilus dialog which explains
that using the 'remove_hiberfile' option to mount the drive in read-
write mode will require deleting the saved Windows session and losing
any unsaved files.
--- Steps to reproduce: ---
1. Hibernate a Windows installation
2. Boot Ubuntu
3. Attempt to open the Windows partition using Nautilus
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jun 3 22:08:06 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
GsettingsChanges: org.gnome.nautilus.window-state geometry '1192x655+56+24'
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-29 (34 days ago)
XsessionErrors:
(gnome-settings-daemon:1917): color-plugin-WARNING **: failed to get edid:
unable to get EDID for output
(gnome-settings-daemon:1917): color-plugin-WARNING **: unable to get EDID
for xrandr-default: unable to get EDID for output
(gnome-settings-daemon:1917): color-plugin-WARNING **: failed to reset
xrandr-default gamma tables: gamma size is zero
(compiz:1933): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_client_add_dir: assertion
`gconf_valid_key (dirname, NULL)' failed
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