unable to see ntfs partition

[Jonathan Berry]

On 1/13/06, Phil Savoie <psavoie1783 at rogers.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a dual boot WXP/FC4 home system.  I have recompiled the kernel to allow
> for mounting of NTFS (read only).  Because I still require XP for work, I

This is unnecessary.  You can get the NTFS module from
http://www.linux-ntfs.org/ or (more easily) from the Livna yum
repository.

> would like to have access to that partition while in FC as a normal user.  I
> have noticed that the directory modes change as follows:
>
> If device is unmounted the modes are this:
>
> [root at hp ~]# ls -ld /dos
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Jan 13 03:38 /dos
> [root at hp ~]#
>
> If I mount my ntfs device, I get this:
>
> [root at hp ~]# mount /dos
> [root at hp ~]# ls -ld /dos
> dr-x------  1 root root 20480 Jan 12 04:54 /dos
> [root at hp ~]#
>
> The relevant entry in the /etc/fstab:
>
> /dev/hda2      /dos    ntfs    defaults      0 0
> [root at hp ~]#
>
> Why do the modes change?  Is there a way for a normal user to have access?  If
> so how?
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Phil
>
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