On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 07:11, Lars Nordin wrote: > To answer several questions, the NTFS read problem only applies when the disk > is attached to the system as a normal disk (i.e. via IDE, SCSI (and may be > even a SAN)) and not over the network. > > Think of it this way, when you export a filesystem via samba do the clients > care that the underlying filesystem is ext2, ext3, reiser, XFS, FAT, etc.? > No, because samba hides all that; the client makes smb filesystem calls. It > is the same when a Linux system mounts a samba or NFS drive, it makes smb or > NFS filesystem calls and nevers knows about the underlying filesystem on the > server.
Forgive me for asking what, Yes, I will admit is a stupid question, but sometimes the boss likes to see someone else saying what I tell him. Since I'm not an MCSE I don't know squat *grin*. James > > On Wednesday 27 November 2002 05:43 pm, Todd Lyons wrote: > > Azrael wrote on Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 09:26:26PM +0000 : > > > could anyone tell me how to make my NTFS partitions visible to all users > > > (or at least 1 specific user), and writable by at least root. > > > am guessing changing 'ro' to 'rw' does makes them writable.. but will > > > seek help rather than make errors :) > > > > NO!!!!! > > > > Do NOT mount it rw. ntfs support in linux is only read capable. If you > > attempt to write to it, you will damage your ntfs filesystem so badly > > that it cannot be recovered. Do *NOT* mount it rw. If you want to > > share data between win and lin, you need to use a fat32 partition. > > > > Blue skies... Todd > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
