Re: [arch] How to permit non-root user red NTFS mounted filesystem (/mnt/win_ntfs)

2006-03-28 Thread Sjon
I am pretty sure that it works with NTFS as well; it seems that Linux just ignores any meta data such as the owner on NTFS filesystems. Also, you can add 'users' to the options in your fstab; then users will be able to mount file systems themselves; useful for your CD-ROM drive for example. Mr

Re: [arch] How to permit non-root user red NTFS mounted filesystem (/mnt/win_ntfs)

2006-03-28 Thread Mr FUBAR
In your /etc/fstab: /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_ntfs ntfs user,noauto,uid=,gid=users 0 0 Now, every file should be owned by :users. I'm sure this works with FAT since it doesn't keep ownership. I'm not entirely sure if it's possible with NTFS since NTFS does keep ownership of its files. On 3/28/06, Hongx

[arch] How to permit non-root user red NTFS mounted filesystem (/mnt/win_ntfs)

2006-03-28 Thread Hongxing Soong
Both console and X-window? default is only root can read the mounted filesystem ___ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch