The reason for this is, that ntfs in 2.4 kernels only allows read access or write access if compiled in up to ntfs of nt4. 2.6 kernels have a more advanced ntfs module that can write ntfs, but not fully supported
----- Original Message ----- From: "Oliver Lange" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 6:25 PM Subject: [gentoo-user] NTFS partition: strange permissions.. > Hello everyone, > > I'm facing some strange permissions when I mount an NTFS partition. > > After mounting with umask=227, the mount point becomes the following permissions: > > dr----xr-- 1 root users > > umask=220: > > dr--r----x 1 root users > > umask=777: > > d--xr--r-- 1 root users > > umask=000: > > dr-xr-xr-x 1 root users > > My /etc/fstab contains the following entry (as used with the first example): > > /dev/hdb5 /mnt/H ntfs > defaults,user,nosuid,nodev,noexec,ro,noatime,gid=100,umask=227 0 3 > > Strange thing... I've also mounted two vfat partitions; the > permissions are always correct there, no matter which umask I choose. > Is this a bug in the NTFS handler ? > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
