NTFS drives

[LuxJaja]

i've read the guide on mounting and tried to mount a drive through the konsole but with no luck.

also i tried to mount it through dolphin and get the message:

hal-storage-fixed-mount-all-options- refused uid 1000

i know that i can see the ntfs drives but the problem is how? any help would be welcome

thanx

[Master Chief]

Re: NTFS drives

Just had this problem.

Did you get the ntfs-3g package? I think its necessary for mounting NTFS drives.

Get that if you haven't and then try mounting it.

[LuxJaja]

Re: NTFS drives

have them installed already!

no its not that

[LaDeDa]

Re: NTFS drives

My question is directly related to the original, and I solved it, but being new to Linux, I don't know if the solution is
actually viable, so I need an expert to evaluate it.
Same problem with mounting an external, usb, hard drive. I do have the ntfs-3 and I put "fuse" in secondary group, also.
Here's what I did to mount the drive;

System Settings
Disk & Filesystems
The USB drive was listed but disabled
Log on as Administrator
Highlight USB drive
Modify
Used "mnt" as mount point in drop down box (tried floppy, cd, would not mount)
Back to USB drive
Click "Enable"
It worked. I can see all folders and files, but don't know if I can do anything with them.

Is there any downside to the process I used. Thanks and I hope this helps the original poster.

[LaDeDa]

Re: NTFS drives

Copied files, etc, without any problem.
However, I could not use the "Safely Remove Hardware" option to unmount/shut the drive down (got an error message).
Had to go back to "System Settings" and "disable" the drive.

[SheeEttin]

Re: NTFS drives

Have you run "ntfs-config"?

[LaDeDa]

Re: NTFS drives

NO, I haven't. I clicked on it a couple of times, but nothing happened.
Can you help ??

[SheeEttin]

Re: NTFS drives

Open Konsole (K Menu > System > Konsole), type "ntfs-config" (no quotation marks), and hit enter.

[LuxJaja]

Re: NTFS drives

i install ntfs-config but still the same error... when i press in dolphin right click and mount i get the message "hal-storage-mount-all-options refused uid 1000"

[MoonRise]

Re: NTFS drives

I know that in order for NTFS drives to mount, this also needs to be in fstab, located in /etc. Hope this helps. This line below is specific to my system setup but should help direct you.

/dev/sda2 /media/sda2 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0

[LaDeDa]

Re: NTFS drives

I'm very new to Linux and have been mounting the drive through "System Settings" I opened "ntfs-config" with Kate and there is nothing in the file. Here is my fstab;

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda1
UUID=9e8eed26-1a14-4290-9b94-c33d3b7112b6 / ext3 nouser,defaults,errors=remount-ro,atime,auto,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 1
# /dev/sda5
UUID=b3406d54-a952-479e-a19a-08453facd1e1 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,atime,noauto,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto user,atime,noauto,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 0
/dev/hdb2 /media/windows ntfs-3g uid=1000 0 0
user,atime,noauto,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /media auto nouser,noauto,atime,ro,nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0

The last entry was added when I mounted the drive from "System Settings". I have no idea what "/dev/hdb2 refers to.
I have no idea where to mount the drive.

Can you help ??

[Snowhog]

Re: NTFS drives

Okay, you've shown us your fstab file. Open a console shell and type:

sudo fdisk -l

(that's a lower case L)

Copy and paste the results. This will let us know what HDs you have and how they are formatted and partitioned.

[MoonRise]

Re: NTFS drives

The only thing I see in your fstab is the fact that it has that uid statement. I know what UUID is, but not that. Since it isn't mounting anyway, Id try changing your entry for that mount to the below:

/dev/hdb2 /media/windows ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8  0  0

the /dev/hdb2 refers to the Hard Disk and Partition the NTFS file system is on.

[SheeEttin]

Re: NTFS drives

UID is user ID, the user who, when the drive is mounted, will own the mount point (and all files and directories under it).
For example, specifying uid=1000 will result in this:

drwxr-xr-x 2 user root 4096 2006-10-22 15:28 cdrom0

Where user "user" has UID 1000.

[MoonRise]

Re: NTFS drives

Duh!!

I see that now. I know that none of my fstab entries don't have that specific "ownership" defined. I've never had a problem with them, even when other users log in.