Problems changing OS from Windows XP to Ubuntu -- File Permissions??

[Deric Stowell]

Hi, All. 

Recent;y i changed over from Windows XP Pro to Ubuntu Linux and used the
NTFS-formatted data drives. I usually only have the OS installed on the
FirstDrive/FirstPartition, so i know I have a clean install. However, I
have been having some problems with opening files that i want to be able
to use from the NTFS drives. I noticed that they are all set as
Read-Only, even though i mount them as R/W in the /etc/fstab file. So
then what I did was to open the files I needed in whatever application,
then created a new folder in my home directory and saved it there. seems
to work Ok, i guess, but it seems such a long way around a small
problem.

Is there some command that will just re-do all the files' permissions? I
want to get them off the drives so i can reformat all the drives with
ext3 or ext2. Also, does having a space in the folder or file name make
any difference? (i noticed that i have to put quotes around them if in a
shell.) What is the best type of FS to use for storing large files?
documents? images?

Thanks in advance for your help.


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Thanks,

Deric Stowell
Digital Paradise Consulting
619-995-2250
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