#REDIRECT NTFSReadWrite
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== NTFS read/write with Fuse ==

These instructions are for Dapper and have not been tested on Breezy or Edgy. 
However, it should work if you install the [[http://packages.ubuntulinux.org/breezy/libs/libfuse2|fuse library]] and the [[http://www.linux-ntfs.org/content/view/19/37/|ntfsprogs-fuse]] package.

{{{
sudo apt-get install libfuse2 ntfsprogs fuse-utils
}}}

As Dapper has already includes support for NTFS & Fuse, enabling should be pretty simple, just follow these steps:

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~+WARNING!+~ '''Ntfs writing support is still very experimental! You should not enable it on production machines and/or volumes you don't have backups of. Proceed at your own risk!'''
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=== Enable Fuse Module ===

{{{
bash:~$ sudo modprobe fuse
}}}

=== Mounting a NTFS Device ===

Make sure to replace /dev/hda1 with the NTFS volume (you can list them using {{{sudo fdisk -l}}} in a terminal) and also change /media/hda1 to  
your mount point of preference.

{{{
bash:~$ sudo ntfsmount /dev/hda1 /media/hda1 -o umask=0007
}}}

If you get this error:

{{{
fusermount: failed to open /dev/fuse: No such file or directory
fuse_mount failed.
}}}

First try , :

{{{
modprobe fuse
}}}

If the error still occurs, then try:

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sudo mknod -m 666 /dev/fuse c 10 229
}}}

This command was found [[http://person.sol.lu.se/JohanFrid/webapps/pmwiki/index.php/Main/Ubuntu|here]] and has worked for some users.

=== Check Mounting===

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bash:~$ sudo ls /media/hda1 -l
}}}

Try creating a new file in it, for example:

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bash:~$ sudo dmesg > /media/hda1/my_dmesg_log.txt
}}}

With this, you should have now access to editing, deleting and creating files on the ntfs partition.

==Auto Mount==

To make it automount (or more easily mountable), and also available to users (other than the superuser), follow these steps:

=== Edit Fstab===
{{{
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

floppy
nvidia
fuse
}}}

=== Create a Group ===
{{{
bash:~$ sudo addgroup ntfs
}}}
The output should look like this:
{{{
Adding group `ntfs' (1002)...
Done.
}}}
Notice the group GID (the number printed after the group name), we will need it.

=== Add Users===

Add the allowed users to the group (replace ''username'' by a real user of the system): 
{{{
bash:~$ sudo adduser username ntfs
}}}
Repeat as necessary.

=== Edit the Fstab  ===

Edit the /etc/fstab file to mount your ntfs partition. Add a line like this:
{{{
/dev/hda1     /media/hda1    ntfs-fuse       auto,gid=1002,umask=0007       0       0
}}}
Notice the use of the group's GID, and the umask to allow access just to owner and group.

You could modify it to make one user have read/write access, and a group of users just read access, by defining a user UID and different umask. Example: {{{uid=1001,gid=1002,umask=0027}}}.

If when you run:

{{{
sudo mount -a
}}}

You get:

{{{
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs-fuse'
}}}

Then try:

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sudo rm /sbin/mount.ntfs-fuse && sudo ln /usr/bin/ntfsmount /sbin/mount.ntfs-fuse
}}}

I found this information here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=142481&page=3

== Links ==

More on umask values can be found at this [[http://www.redhat.com/magazine/014dec05/departments/ask_shadowman/|RedHat magazine article]].

Information on ntfsmount can be found on it's [[http://wiki.linux-ntfs.org/doku.php?id=ntfsmount|About ntfsmount page]].

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