62 NT File System
Kernel 2.2.12 and beyond support read only access to NTFS, the file system of MS/Windows/NT. The kernel needs to be configured to use it:
I have two NTFS partitions on the MS/Windows/NT side of the machine. So I edit /etc/fstab to include these two lines:
/dev/hda1 /nt/c ntfs defaults,user,ro,umask=002,gid=100 0 0
/dev/hda2 /nt/d ntfs defaults,user,ro,umask=002,gid=100 0 0The various options mean: ro' mounts the file system as read-only;user’ lets any user mount the file-system; `nohide’ shows hidden and
associated files; ‘noexec’ avoids regular files showing up as
non-executable.
Then create directories for the mount points:
As any user can then mount the drives:
These will be mounted each time you reboot, unless you add the
noauto' option to the appropriate lines in/etc/fstab`.
Users are granted access to and
through the use of the
umask=002,gid=100 in the /etc/fstab, and then add
trusted users to this group. You can allow access for only a specific
user by adding “uid=1000,gid=1000” to the options. Or you can remove
all security and give complete access to everyone with
umask=000 (this is dangerous as any login will be able to
peruse your possibly private and password containing files on the NTFS
partition).
Note that permissions on the mountpoint itself ( are irrelevant: when you mount a filesystem the permissions of the mounted filesystem’s root directory replace the permissions of the mountpoint, even when the filesystem in question does not support permissions.
If you need to transfer files from your linux partition to your NTFS partition then Explore2fs is an option. Have a look at http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm
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