I've seen this on the ntfs-3g page, but I don't understand why ntfs can be accessed in a POISIX way, since it is a filesystem designed for windows. What are the advanteges? (since people have always used the vfat filesystem to share files, which is non POSIX at least by default?). This is an unexpected change! And finally what are the disadvantages of using the filesystem in the WIN way?
On the other hand I'm glad to discover that there is a fix for windows. BUT this should *really* be told to the user who uses ntfs-3g, especially now that there is the spec to add it by default. Doesn't using samba slow down the acces? I've seen lots of apps that, before accessing the file, copy it to the local cache, which is a very "expensive" operation for big files Finally, I think that the user should have the possibility to choose (maybe through ntfs-config ?) the first time he uses this driver. He should be told that using it in the POSIX way, files will be case sensitive, some characters such as : ? \ and others that previously were not allowed on the filesystem now are allowed, and that they have to download and install <B>Windows Services for Unix</B> And he should be told that if he wants to access the filesystem in the standard way, there are these restrictions in the filename, and the case will be non sensitive -- forbidden characters is filenames are allowed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124480 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs