On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Gregory T Helton <gt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think this should work > > /dev/sdc1 /media/externalhd ntfs-3g users,uid=1000,gid=100,fmask=0113,dmask=0002 0 0 > > This will mount the drive at boot, allow users to mount/umount, user id 1000/grp id 100 > will own everything on the drive, and files will have the permission 664, directories 775. > > This does require that you have ntfs-3g installed, and set to SUID root (chmod u+s /bin/ntfs-3g) > > More info: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NTFS_Write_Support > > Good luck. :) > Thanks, I did this before I got your email: changed fstab with /dev/sdc1 /media/exterhalhd ntfs defaults 0 0 then ran "mkdir /media/externalhd" then ran "chmod 777 -R /media/externalhd" Just got finished, actually, It works but is your method the better method?
