Re: Can't write to ntfs file system

On 01/01/12 19:09, Graham Lawrence wrote:
> I have an external hard drive that is in ntfs file format. Vim will
> neither create a file, nor write to existing files, on this file
> system. It returns E212, saying I do not have permission.
>
> The drive mounts automatically from my fstab entry when I start the system
>
> /dev/sdb1 /media/500gb ntfs-3g rw,user,auto 0 0
>
> and mount shows it as
>
> /dev/sdb1 on /media/500gb type fuseblk
> (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096)
>
> so its permissions and ownerships are universally, e.g.
>
> /media/500gb/Films/Mouchette (1967) (French with English Subtitles) $ls -l
> total 4
> drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Jan 1 08:50 VIDEO_TS/
> -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 1 10:40 mplog*
>

Not all Linux kernels support overwriting NTFS files, and even fewer
support file creation. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS#Linux for
details.

Best regards,
Tony.
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DOG."
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