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How could I mount an NTFS filesystem in a way that would allow all users full access to it? If I use sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /media/drive, then only the root user can use it. It won't let me change the permissions/ownership on files after it's mounted (although folders are ok), which is really annoying.
Zelda64fan
Posted 2013-04-30T17:05:28.633
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From man mount:
Mount options for ntfs
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uid=value, gid=value and umask=valueSet the file permission on the filesystem. The umask value is given in octal. By default, the files are owned by root and not readable by somebody else.
So you should be able to do what you're after with something like
mount -t ntfs -o umask=000 /dev/sda1 /media/drive
which should give everyone read and write permissions on the volume.
Aaron Miller
Posted 2013-04-30T17:05:28.633
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Thanks for the solution! Is there a way to add this to /etc/fstab, so that it may mount automatically with all permissions? – thephoenix01 – 2018-08-22T05:51:37.017
Sure! You can use the same arguments in fstab as in the mount command; see man 5 fstab or the web equivalent for details on the format, or the leading comments which may be included in /etc/fstab on the system where you're looking to make the change. – Aaron Miller – 2018-08-22T15:34:51.723
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I am not sure, perhaps you need the allow_other option?
mount -t ntfs -o umask=000,allow_other /dev/sda1 /media/drive
Fusca Software
Posted 2013-04-30T17:05:28.633
Reputation: 121
Just to note that I solved a similar problem by installing the
ntfs-3gpackage which I was missing. Maybe could be useful to someone. – Michele – 2014-09-24T20:40:31.9901tried
ntfs-3g? assuming you have the package with the same name? – Lorenzo Von Matterhorn – 2013-04-30T17:11:05.780@D0rf i think that the
ntfsoption for mount uses ntfs-3g, it has dones so for a while now. – terdon – 2013-04-30T18:06:59.743@terdon thank you for the comment, it indeed seems to happen that way. – Lorenzo Von Matterhorn – 2013-04-30T19:30:47.197