Root unable to change ownership and modify permissions

[Reinhold Rumberger]

On Wednesday 21 April 2010, I Am Me wrote:
> /**
> * Replying to - Re: Root unable to change ownership and modify
> permissions * from : William Hamra <w.hamra1987 at gmail.com> sent
> on Tuesday 20 Apr 2010 @ 1:11:06 pm */
> 
> > he would have to mount it, while in "iamme":
> > 
> > sudo mount /dev/sdb5 /media/Andrew -t ntfs-3g -o rw,uid=`id
> > -u`,gid=`id -g`
> 
> Hi William,
> 
> Here is my attempt to try your suggestion ?
> 
> iamme at thishost\~ >sudo mount /dev/sdb5 /media/Andrew -t ntfs-3g -o
> rw,uid=`1001`,gid=`1001` 1001: command not found
> 1001: command not found

Use single or double quotes, not backticks.

  --Reinhold