permissions

[drhadidy]

i have a dual boot of MDK 2007.1 and windows XP

i can access the windows files from linux and copy any of them to my linux folders normally

but i cant copy any files from linux to windows folder...even as a root!!!

and i cant change permissions for folders even when im logged in as root

also when i attached usb external hard disk i could read all the files and copy them but could not copy or modify anything in that hard disk or copy anything into it even when i was a root

how can i change that?

 

 

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[orts]

First off all have you added some software-repositories to RPMdrake?

If not then look here: https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtop...52&hl=repos

 

When or if you have done it, then open konsole and log in as root:

Write su hit ENTER and now type your root/administrator password and hit enter again.

Then you just have to write this:

urpmi ntfs ntfs-config

And yes to the extra packages which have to be installed regarding dependices.

 

When done press ALT + F2 and write ntfs-config, hit enter and type your admin password when promed and mark both check boxes hit enter, and you should have write access to your Windows, and to your external device.

 

Mandriva/Linux can not write to a NTFS filesystem by default, so thats why you have these "problems" right now, but after installing

[ilia_kr]

Another think you should check is weather you have a write permission to that partitions in /etc/fstab. You can enable write permissions from MCC:

 

MCC >> Mount Points >> Create delete and resize hard disk partitions

now pick the partition you want to edit

toggle to expert mode

click on "Options"

check "umask=0"

 

That's it.