How to mount an NT4/XP NTFS Partition mountable as a user


Put the following in your /etc/fstab

/dev/hda2 /mnt/data/d ntfs user,exec,dev,suid,ro,uid=0,gid=500,umask=0 1 1

where /dev/hda2 is the 2nd partiton on the drive
/mnt/data/d is the directory you created
uid = root
gid = a group you create to limit access
umask = 0 for rwx, 1 for rw, 2 for rx, 3 for r, 4 for wx, 5 for w, 6 for x, 7 for no permissions

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If you want to have it so it dosen't mount at boot time then this is it...

/dev/hda1 /mnt/data/c ntfs user,exec,dev,suid,ro,noauto,uid=0,gid=500,umask=0 1 1


James McDonald - Mon Apr 1 09:31:03 EST 2002