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    Setting permissions on extra partition? [SOLVED]

    I have a 300GB hard drive in my notebook, and I dual boot Win7 and Kubuntu.

    100GB is the Win7 partition
    100GB is the Kubuntu 10.10 partition
    100GB is the "Multimedia" partition. This is formatted for NTFS, and this is where I keep all of my music and videos, so they are accessible from both OS.

    Windows reads and writes to the Multimedia partition with no problem. Kubuntu also can read it, but I can't write anything to it.

    As much as I understand right now, I have to set permissions to something like 777?

    If it helps, this is what fdisk reports.

    Code:
      Device Boot   Start     End   Blocks  Id System
    /dev/sda1  *      1     13   102400  7 HPFS/NTFS
    Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
    /dev/sda2       13    13417  107667456  7 HPFS/NTFS
    /dev/sda3      13417    26165  102398976  7 HPFS/NTFS
    /dev/sda4      26166    38914  102400001  5 Extended
    /dev/sda5      26166    38323  97654784  83 Linux
    /dev/sda6      38323    38914   4744192  82 Linux swap / Solaris
    What do I need to do in order to set permissions? Is this something that can be done in a GUI, or command line only?

    Thanks!

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    Re: Setting permissions on extra partition?

    ntfs-3g should already be installed by default. You can install ntfs-config:
    Description: Enable/disable write support for any NTFS devices
    This program allow you to easily configure all of your NTFS devices
    to allow write support via a friendly gui.
    For that use, it will configure them to use the open source ntfs-3g
    driver. You'll also be able to easily disable this feature.
    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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      Re: Setting permissions on extra partition?

      That did it! Thanks...

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        #4
        Re: Setting permissions on extra partition? [SOLVED]

        You're welcome. Happy to assist.
        Windows no longer obstructs my view.
        Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
        "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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