I read that ntfs-3g is already installed in openSUSE 10.3. I found the package in my system as well using the following command.
rpm -q ntfs-3g
Then I went to check my /etc/fstab, however I do not understand what umask, fmask and dmask meant. Help me understand them. Thank you.
On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:06:04 GMT
Cross AM <Cross_AM@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
>
> I read that ntfs-3g is already installed in openSUSE 10.3. I found the
> package in my system as well using the following command.
> rpm -q ntfs-3g
> Then I went to check my /etc/fstab, however I do not understand what
> umask, fmask and dmask meant. Help me understand them. Thank you.
>
>
Hi
Run the command man mount
umask=value
Set the umask (the bitmask of the permissions that
are not present). The default is the umask of the current process.
The value is given in octal.
dmask=value
Set the umask applied to directories only. The default
is the umask of the current process. The value is given in octal.
fmask=value
Set the umask applied to regular files only. The default
is the umask of the current process. The value is given in octal.
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They control the apparent permissions for files and directories in the mounted partition.
umask: umask - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
fmask: Fmask - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Example of world-writable mount: /dev/sda2 /mnt/winxp ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
Examp;e of Linux-like permissions: /dev/sda2 /mnt/winxp ntfs-3g uid=1000,gid=100,umask=0022 0 0
FFI: HowTo Mount NTFS Filesystem Partition Read Write Access in openSUSE 10.x
Malcolm wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:06:04 GMT
> Cross AM <Cross_AM@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> I read that ntfs-3g is already installed in openSUSE 10.3. I found the
>> package in my system as well using the following command.
>> rpm -q ntfs-3g
>> Then I went to check my /etc/fstab, however I do not understand what
>> umask, fmask and dmask meant. Help me understand them. Thank you.
>>
>>
> Hi
> Run the command man mount
>
> umask=value
> Set the umask (the bitmask of the permissions that
> are not present). The default is the umask of the current process.
> The value is given in octal.
>
> dmask=value
> Set the umask applied to directories only. The default
> is the umask of the current process. The value is given in octal.
>
> fmask=value
> Set the umask applied to regular files only. The default
> is the umask of the current process. The value is given in octal.
>
>
Thank you. The information in the man pages are enough to clarify and I will
go for further pursuits on my own.
That’s a really nice website you maintain. Thank you for the help.
I think there should be two more posts under this thread. Those are visible through the nntp client. I hope the nntp and hhtp clients for the forums are synchronised soon.