Hello, recently i got fed up with Windows and from a month i’m using Cachyos. I do have a windows ntfs drive with my documents and other stuff. I was mounting the drive through Dolphin, when i chose this ntfs drive Dolphin is asking me about my password (which is root password) and mount the ntfs …

[image] cscs: UUID=5426E1BE26E1A0EA /media/windows ntfs3 defaults 0 0 This is working. kind of… After adding this line to fstab the NTFS volume is mounted, but something very strange is going on. I have following normal folder structure on the NTFS volume: root\subfolder1\subfolder2\subfo…

[image] Shibram: Install ntfs-3g. No other effort is required. You will get read write permission. Sorry, but this is poor advice. Please consider [image] cscs: One of the big differences is that ntfs-3g will force-mount even partitions/disks that have the dirty bit set. This is bad …

Yes, you are right. I edited my reply. We should strive for the best rather than what is easy but wrong.

[image] Shibram: Using the native ntfs driver requires setting up the fstab permissions accordingly. In what way? The reason folks usually think it is required is because of the dirty bit. Mounting an ntfs partition with the ntfs3 module requires no extra steps if the partition is clean. I…

This discussion seems nice, but still no solution without using ntfs-3g? I still have Windows on my other SSD, the NTFS volume is in good health, checked with windows. Is there anything wrong with the following line in fstab, that preventing me to have “WRITE” access to the ntfs volume? UID=5426E…

[image] Asensky: This discussion seems nice, but still no solution without using ntfs-3g? The solution to the original question is likely that you need to remove a bunch of the extra pieces you added to the fstab line. And that you should use ntfs3. All that is needed is something like UUID…

So, there is no solution without ntfs-3g?

Was some sort of .. attempted permissions applied at some point? I mean, aside from the assigning from the original fstab line? By default NTFS does not even have permissions the same way native linux filesystems do. ( Even from a fully functioning OS - as long as it is not encrypted you could mo…

Never was any attempt for permissions (not even sure how to do this). Since day one i just was using root mount with Dolphin to edit/create folders and files at NTFS volume. Eventually i will migrate to other file system or keep mounting like root. By the way, Thank you for helping me i really ap…

[image] Asensky: Since day one i just was using root mount with Dolphin to edit/create folders and files at NTFS volume. So maybe did those folders get created as or ‘owned’ by root then? You can check the permissions with something like “Properties” or in the terminal; ls -la . (where . e…

Problem with fstab and permissions on windows ntfs drive

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cscs June 25, 2025, 1:45am 20

ntfs3 and ntfs-3g are different things.
The example I shared above does not include the use of ntfs-3g.
I have continually advised against the use of or supposed need for ntfs-3g.