arghhhh Re: mounting ntfs hard drive hdb

[ebenoit]

 mount -t ntfs -w /dev/hdb1 /home/admin/Desktop/windows1

^
 |    here is the mount command I am using when I su in terminal

when I look at the directory windows1 it has the permissions r-x------ 
(read and execute only for root)
As root I cannot chown the directory to my user account admin obviously.

I am able to mount the system fine, but I need to RWX for my admin 
account ...the man for mount didn't really help in explaining what I am 
doing wrong or let me know that I cannot do what I want.  Can anyone 
shine light, Tony??

Thanks,
Eric





ebenoit wrote:

> Yes makes sense, thanks.  I'm using Debian's frozen release of Sarge 
> with a 2.6 something kernel ..I will read through mount.
>
>
> John Seth wrote:
>
>> You can use 'mount' at any time, whether the drive you want mounted 
>> is in /etc/fstab or not.  /etc/fstab is only for mounting drives 
>> automatically on bootup of your linux system, and to unmount a drive, 
>> you do not need to restart, just use 'umount'.  If it gives you an 
>> error trying to unmount a hard drive/partition, then you probably are 
>> either in it (like having done 'cd /home/user' and trying to unmount 
>> /home), or another program is accessing that directory/device.
>>
>> As far as NTFS, distro's vary on that issue with stock kernels. If 
>> your system utilizes the latest 2.6.x kernels, they might have had 
>> the NTFS read/write ability compiled in.  Some distro's disable NTFS 
>> writing, but allow reading from it, especially with the 2.4.x and 
>> lower kernels. Again, it depends on whether you are using a stock 
>> kernel from your distro and what they have compiled into it (or as a 
>> module) or if you compiled your own, whether you enabled NTFS 
>> read/write abilities.
>>
>> I hope that helps... Your best bet is to read the manual for mount & 
>> umount ('man mount') so you can properly mount and unmount devices.  
>> The NTFS issue depends on what you're running.
>>
>>   - Tony
>>
>>
>> ebenoit wrote:
>>
>>> I believe I have to etc/fstab <--configure
>>> Then I can use mount?
>>> And would I have to restart my system if the hard drive is already 
>>> running and attached?
>>> Does anyone know of any issues mounting and using files within a 
>>> ntfs file system, I plan on not ever using for windows again ...it 
>>> just has all my yummy music.
>>>
>>> Thanx,
>>> eric
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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