# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system>                          <mount point>       <type>  <options>         <dump>  <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=0509756b-86ab-429b-8710-097e01d9e49d /                   ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=219556a7-befb-4e36-852a-12c0cd7fc6a0 none                swap    sw                0       0

# First install ntfs-3g in terminal
# sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g

# Mount Windows7 partition after installation of ElementaryOS Freya
UUID=CE54CEF854CEE1F7 /media/WindowsData ntfs-3g defaults,windows_names,locale=en_US.utf8 0     0



UUID=1FDB5AEB23347632 /home/ntfsData ntfs-3g defaults,windows_names,locale=en_US.utf8     0     0
UUID=1FDB5AEB23347632 /home/ntfsData ntfs auto,defaults,windows_names,locale=en_US.utf8,gid=1000,umask=0000  0 0



#someWeirdId  /media/name  ntfs  auto,stuff,stuff,stuff,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=0000  0  0

/dev/sda3 /home/user/shared ntfs defauls,uid=1000,noatime 0 0

UUID=0A046CF41C7164C6 /media/Data ntfs defauls,uid=1000,gid=1000,noatime 0 0



#sudo mount -t ntfs -o rw,auto,user,fmask=0022,dmask=0000 /dev/whatever /mnt/whatever
# UUID=...    /data    ntfs    defaults,umask=077,utf8    0    0

Example 1 (without execute permissions for files, no access for 'others'),
# sudo mount -o rw,user,uid=1000,dmask=007,fmask=117 /dev/sdxn /mnt/sd1  # general syntax

Example 2 (with execute permissions for files, no access for 'others'),
# sudo mount -o rw,user,uid=1000,umask=007,exec /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sd1  # modify to match your case

 sudo mount /dev/sda3 /media/mypart1 -o permissions




# -  - #
# -  - #
# -  - #

:A
# -  - #
# - Mount HDD with standard Linux protections - #
# - provided a UserMapping file is present - #

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda3 /mnt/shared



:B
# -  - #
# - Mount USB key, defining fallback protection parameters to - #
# - use if no UserMapping file is present on the key - #

mount -t ntfs-3g -o gid=1000,uid=1000,dmask=022 /dev/sdf1 /media/key



:C
# -  - #
# - Mount HDD with new files getting their protections - #
# - the Windows way (a UserMapping file is required) - #

mount -t ntfs-3g -o inherit /dev/sda3 /mnt/shared




Changing File/Folder Owner and Permissions

After mounting the NTFS partition with permissions option, now we are ready to change file/folder owner and file permissions.

To manage the ownership of a directory we can use the command chown

sudo chown user:group -R /media/mypart1/afolder

To change permissions of a directory/file we can use the command chmod

sudo chmod -R ug+rw,o=r /media/mypart1/afolder

By this command the user and the group has read and write permissions, and the others set  to read only.

Here is some options meaning:

u: user
g: group
o: other
r: read
w: write
x: execute
-R: recursively for sub files/folders

For examle if we want to grant read, write, execute for owner user, and read only for group, and no access for other, we can use a command like:

sudo chmod -R u=rwx,g=r,o= /media/mypart1/afolder

By the way, we can also use a file manager (like Thunar, PcManFM) to change permissions or owner by GUI.


So, try wrapping your head around this!!

7 = 4+2+1 (read/write/execute)
6 = 4+2 (read/write)
5 = 4+1 (read/execute)
4 = 4 (read)
3 = 2+1 (write/execute)
2 = 2 (write)
1 = 1 (execute)







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