Can't write files on NTFS partition

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I mount a NTFS partition under /windows/I. I can create a new text file under this folder. However, each time I tried to save this file after modifying it, the system told me that I do not have the access to do that. Suspect that there is something wrong with my fstab. But I don’t know what exactly goes wrong. anybody can help?

Here is the content of the fstab.

/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_6SZ04WLN-part14 /home ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_6SZ04WLN-part13 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_6SZ04WLN-part12 / ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_6SZ04WLN-part1 /windows/C ntfs-3g user,users,gid=users,umask=0002,fmask=133,dmask=002,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_6SZ04WLN-part5 /windows/D vfat users,gid=users,umask=0002,utf8=true 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_6SZ04WLN-part6 /windows/E ntfs-3g user,users,gid=users,umask=0002,fmask=133,dmask=002,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_6SZ04WLN-part7 /windows/F ntfs-3g user,users,gid=users,umask=0002,fmask=133,dmask=002,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_6SZ04WLN-part8 /windows/G ntfs-3g user,users,gid=users,umask=0002,fmask=133,dmask=002,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_6SZ04WLN-part9 /windows/H ntfs-3g user,users,gid=users,umask=0002,fmask=133,dmask=002,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_6SZ04WLN-part10 /windows/I ntfs-3g user,users,gid=users,umask=0002,fmask=133,dmask=002,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_6SZ04WLN-part11 /windows/J ntfs-3g user,users,gid=users,umask=0002,fmask=133,dmask=002,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0

I am using Opensuse 11.0

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Indeed … There is guidance here: NTFS - openSUSE
You have both dmask and umask. I don’t know this well enough to help you use both at the same time, but you do something simple like this (where I have changed fmask from 133 to fmask=113 and changed “dmask 0 02” to “dmask=002” , and removed umask). You could try this, reboot and test.


/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_6SZ04WLN-part14 /home ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_6SZ04WLN-part13 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_6SZ04WLN-part12 / ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_6SZ04WLN-part1 /windows/C ntfs-3g user,users,gid=users,fmask=113,dmask=002,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_6SZ04WLN-part5 /windows/D vfat users,gid=users,umask=0002,utf8=true 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_6SZ04WLN-part6 /windows/E ntfs-3g user,users,gid=users,fmask=113,dmask=002,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_6SZ04WLN-part7 /windows/F ntfs-3g user,users,gid=users,fmask=113,dmask=002,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_6SZ04WLN-part8 /windows/G ntfs-3g user,users,gid=users,fmask=113,dmask=002,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_6SZ04WLN-part9 /windows/H ntfs-3g user,users,gid=users,fmask=113,dmask=002,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_6SZ04WLN-part10 /windows/I ntfs-3g user,users,gid=users,fmask=113,dmask=002,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320613AS_6SZ04WLN-part11 /windows/J ntfs-3g user,users,gid=users,fmask=113,dmask=002,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
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The options should simple be “defaults,locale=en_US.UTF-8”
So you get like this:

/dev/etcetcetc /windows/X ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.UTF-8  0 0

reference: HowTo Mount NTFS Filesystem Partition Read Write Access in openSUSE 10, 11

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oldcpu, thanks for your help. It works.

swerdna,thanks all the same.

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It works the same :slight_smile: (although I’d use defaults and not mess with permissions if there’s no need to)