so, what is your /etc/fstab entry for ntfs partition?

[Derek Broughton]

H.S. wrote:

> NoOp wrote:
>> On 12/02/2008 04:29 PM, H.S. wrote:
>>>
>>> I am wondering, what do  others use in their /etc/fstab entry to
>>> mount an NTFS partition to share its data in Ubuntu.
>> 
>> /dev/sdb1 /media/windows  ntfs iocharset=utf8,umask=000    0  0
>> 
>> works for me.
>> 
> Not for me though. I tried your example but if I double clicked on a
> text file, nautilus tried to run it (or something to that effect)
> thinking it was an executable. I added the "noexec" option to mount
> options and remounted the partition then the file association in
> nautilus worked okay.
> 
> 
> It appears that without the "noexec" option all files in ntfs are seen
> as having their x bit set.

That sounds familiar, but I no longer have any ntfs partitions to check.

What I usually do when trying to mount a new filesystem is use the mount 
command in a terminal, until I get what I want, then append the relevant 
line from /etc/mtab to /etc/fstab.
-- 
derek