Access rights on Windows partition

Linunix · 01-24-2011, 02:54 AM

I want to use one of the Windows drives for always legitimated access under Ubuntu. How can I make this happen? Thank you!

darkduck · 01-24-2011, 04:12 AM

My Windows partition is configured as /windows during install. It is in fstab now. And I always get it in full access mode.
Maybe it is worth checking fstab for your access rights?

jschiwal · 01-24-2011, 04:18 AM

Do you dual boot and want to use a partition formated with the NTFS or FAT32 filesystem when using Ubuntu, or do you want to use a windows share on the network.

I don't understand what you mean by "legitimated".

Linunix · 01-24-2011, 04:35 AM

Sorry for my bad Linux knowledge, but I tend to forget what I already knew!

No it is as follows: I have a dual-boot computer, or even multi-boot, and I can see my entire Windows partitions and drives in Ubuntu file manager but when I want to access them I first need to type in my user password for legitimation. So, I want to avoid that step, that's all.

I'll have a look at fstab, let's hope I will find it ..

jschiwal · 01-24-2011, 06:41 AM

I think the need for authentication is due to policy kit settings. Normally, only root is allowed to mount a filesystem.
You would need to use sudo to do so manually in the console.

One option is to include the filesystem in /etc/fstab so it is mounted when you boot. This is fine for fixed drives. Not for removable drives.

Here is an /etc/fstab entry for a windows partition:

Code:

/dev/disk/by-id/ata-TOSHIBA_MK2049GSY_48CYT01OT-part4 /windows/C           ntfs-3g    users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0

You can use the device node or UUID in the first field (e.g. /dev/sda2 or UUID=145266D35266B95E)

Look at the `mount' and 'mount.ntfs' manpages. Some important options are uid, gid, fmask and dmask. You can use your username in place of your UID. The fmask and umask options determine the permissions of all files and all directories respectively. Your locale will probably be different.

Using the "user" or "users" option in combination with "uid=" will allow you to mount this filesystem as a normal user. this is because the mount command is "suid" root. It checks for the user or users options when it reads the fstab entry.
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Another option is to use the polkit permission editor and change the options for org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-fixed.