external usb ntfs drive

[enchesss]

anable to access usb drive by licking on it on the desktop after mounting it.


for some highly annoying reason fiesty will not allow user to gain access to drive after mounting in media file.
says that user does not have permission to open drive.

have installed ntfs and fat32 drivers from automatix.

the funny thing is that the internal ide ntfs drive works perfectly.

you can get acces to the external by running kdesu konqueror from the run command however

vlc does not play avi files in the external and they also do not show up in the vlc file open directory.
vlc will however play files from the internal ntfs drive and reads the files and directories perfectly.

kmovie player can play avi files from external usb ntfs hard disk when logged in as su by running kdesu konqueror.

does anyone know how to change permissions and ownership on the ntfs drive.

have added users through windows but cant remember how to change owner.

have read many threads and hope this starts to assist the questions of others.

[enchesss]

Re: external usb ntfs drive


Attempting to change the access permissions on the usb external ntfs drive.

When changing from "read only" to "read and modify" in the properties logged in as su through kdesu konqueror - it is denied.

for some reasons the internal drive has read and modify permissions set and also permissions can be changed easily, however,

when permissions are changed for the external usb disk it is denied just saying cannot change permissions for media/usb

[SheeEttin]

Re: external usb ntfs drive

Next time you mount it (manually), try the -w option. This'll attempt to mount it while specifying that it's to be read-write.
Also, if there's a hardware read-only switch, make sure it's off.

[wmrobins]

Re: external usb ntfs drive

I was able to get mine to automount and become readable by adding "umask=0222" to the
/dev/sda1 /media/USB\040Drive auto users,atime,auto,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 0 line in my fstab file. But it's still not writable.

wmrobins

[enchesss]

Re: external usb ntfs drive

still working on this but with the writable part - maybe you could try the miscellanous drivers from automatix that allow writable ntfs and fat mounts.

but in so giving this advice - i realise that i had installed this before i noticed this problem in kubuntu.

therefore it may be these drivers and this may be the reason i am having permission problems?

I say this becuase the drive works perfectly in ubuntu edgy - i can read write copy paste and manage the files on an external usb disk no worries.

[duck!]

Re: external usb ntfs drive

I was able to get mine to automount and become readable by adding "umask=0222" to the
/dev/sda1 /media/USB\040Drive auto users,atime,auto,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 0 line in my fstab file. But it's still not writable.

wmrobins

I made my NTFS formatted Pockey drive writable by installing the 3g package and editing fstab to ntfs-3g from ntfs. It can be mounted by using the "enable" button in System Settings/advanced/disk and filesystems.

The drive automounts when Feisty is booted with the drive plugged in and switched on. It does not automount when plugged in after Feisty is mounted. Using umask=0222 did not change this behavior. Anybody know how to get an automount on plugin?

[SheeEttin]

Re: external usb ntfs drive

If you can see it in media:/ (in Konqueror), then right-click > Properties > Mounting > Mount automatically.

Just so you know, umask=0222 will only set write access. Use umask=0666 for read/write, and 0777 for read/write/execute. (Read the chmod man page for more info.)

[duck!]

Re: external usb ntfs drive

If you can see it in media:/ (in Konqueror), then right-click > Properties > Mounting > Mount automatically.

I can see the drive in media but when I right-click the "Mount Automatically" is grayed out. If I log in as root, it is still grayed out.

[SheeEttin]

Re: external usb ntfs drive

Can you post your fstab (/etc/fstab)?

[duck!]

Re: external usb ntfs drive

Can you post your fstab (/etc/fstab)?

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda5
UUID=21477f78-3e96-45ec-b677-c05220eab46d / ext3 nouser,defaults,errors=remount-ro,atime,auto,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 1
# /dev/sda7
UUID=99e360ee-6b93-4a18-91e3-f6a3ed528670 /home ext3 nouser,defaults,atime,auto,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 2
# /dev/sda1
# /dev/sda2
# /dev/sda3
# /dev/sda6
UUID=d8cfa7ee-34c5-45bc-8b3d-2f70963a0def none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,atime,noauto,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 0

# Generated by Automatix
/dev/sda2 /media/sda2 vfat iocharset=utf8,umask=000,uid=0,gid=0,auto,rw,nouse r 0 0
/dev/sda3 /media/sda3 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
## End of Automatix mounted partitions /dev/sdb1 /media/pockey ntfs-3g defaults,force 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /media/pockey ntfs-3g uid=1000,gid=1000,auto,rw,users 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /media/pockey ntfs uid=1000,gid=1000,auto,rw,users 0 0

The red comment is a line I tried to force mounting but it didn't do anything.

[SheeEttin]

Re: external usb ntfs drive

The things that springs to attention is that you have two (or even three) /dev/sdb1 lines. You need only one, and more than one may cause problems.

Try commenting out the sdb1 line with "ntfs", leaving only the one with "ntfs-3g". This will probably solve the mounting problems, but it may not.

[duck!]

Re: external usb ntfs drive

/dev/sdb1 /media/pockey ntfs-3g uid=1000,gid=1000,auto,rw,users 0 0
#/dev/sdb1 /media/pockey ntfs uid=1000,gid=1000,auto,rw,users 0 0
<device> /media/pockey auto users,auto,atime,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /media/pockey auto users,auto,atime,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 0

When I comment out the extra ntfs line, the device won't mount. In system setting/advanced/ disk and filesystems it shows that the device is new and I have to redefine the mount point. That generated the extra two lines in fstab above. Now it works exactly as before..... i.e. automounts on boot but not when the device is added after boot. I have to click "enable" in disks and filesystems to mount the drive.

[SheeEttin]

Re: external usb ntfs drive

Remove/comment out those first three lines, then change the remaining one so that the first "auto" is ntfs-3g, and the "users" is "user".

According to the man page for /etc/fstab, the option is "user", not "users". I don't know how it would affect it, though.

[duck!]

Re: external usb ntfs drive

When I make the changes you suggest, the drive automounts on boot but belongs to root. I can't unmount as a regular user. When I look at disks and filesystems, it has no mount point.... although the drive is mounted at /media/pockey. It shows as a new drive, but if I define it, there will be new lines autogenerated in fstab.

[SheeEttin]

Re: external usb ntfs drive

Try setting it to this:
/dev/sdb1 /media/pockey ntfs-3g uid=1000,gid=1000,user,auto,atime,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 0

The last three options (dev, exec, suid) are usually turned off (nodev, ...), but you may not want to change mor tahn necessary to get it working.