I have seen this bug in a few places and I have not found a simple
solution to post in the Ubuntu forums. I am having.  the same problem. I
understand how to edit the fstab entries. But before I post a reply to
this thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=774426 in the
Ubuntu forums, I would like to make sure that I have the fix correct and
easy enough to follow for just about every body.

You need to determine the partition and device that contain the ntfs partition.
 #sudo fdisk -l
   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1       60801   488384001    7  HPFS/NTFS
You then need to open the fstab file in /etc/fstab and add and entry to mount 
the ntfs partition with the correct mount options to ensure that it is mounted 
as the correct user.
First create the directory to mount the ntfs partition to.
sudo mkdir /media/[myntfs_part]
#gksudo gedit /etc/fstab 
then add the following lines to the fstab file.
/dev/sdb1 /media/[myntfs_part] ntfs defaults,umask=007,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 1

Is this the correct solution. I am not sure if I should use the /media
directory or the /mnt directory. What is the standard. I see Rocko using
/c.

I also feel that the user should always have the default option of
sending data to the trash directory even if it is insecure. The average
every day desktop user is not interested in performing all the above
steps just to be able to have files got to a trash can. If it is a
security risk the the user should be told this in the delete prompt as a
warning. Only having a permanently delete option as has been stated will
cause some frustration when people realise later that they can't get
their files back.

If Ubuntu is designed as an average every day desktop system the
security risk when heaving a multi-user work station would mean that it
has already gone to beyond the average every day desktop system where in
the majority of cases only a single person uses a computer.  On a multi-
user work station the user should be told that their files, when deleted
and moved to trash will be available to other users on the system.  Josh
Smith and Rocko have made this point quite well.

2.6.24-17-generic #1 SMP i686 GNU/Linux
Ubuntu Hardy

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Cannot send files to trashcan from an ntfs partition
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192629
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