%general-entities; ]> $Date$ ntfs-3g A new read-write driver for NTFS, called NTFS3, has been added into the Linux kernel since the 5.15 release. The performance of NTFS3 is much better than ntfs-3g. To enable NTFS3, enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile the kernel if necessary: File systems ---> <*/M> NTFS Read-Write file system support [CONFIG_NTFS3_FS] NTFS read-write support in kernel To ensure the mount command uses NTFS3 for ntfs partitions, create a wrapper script: cat > /usr/sbin/mount.ntfs << "EOF" && #!/bin/sh exec mount -t ntfs3 "$@" EOF chmod -v 755 /usr/sbin/mount.ntfs With the kernel support available, ntfs-3g is only needed if you need the utilities from it (for example, to create NTFS filesystems). The Ntfs-3g package contains a stable, read-write open source driver for NTFS partitions. NTFS partitions are used by most Microsoft operating systems. Ntfs-3g allows you to mount NTFS partitions in read-write mode from your Linux system. It uses the FUSE kernel module to be able to implement NTFS support in user space. The package also contains various utilities useful for manipulating NTFS partitions. &lfs111_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &ntfs-3g-md5sum; Download size: &ntfs-3g-size; Estimated disk space required: &ntfs-3g-buildsize; Estimated build time: &ntfs-3g-time; Ntfs-3g Dependencies Optional fuse 2.x (this disables user mounts) User Notes: Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile the kernel if necessary: File systems ---> <*/M> FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) support [CONFIG_FUSE_FS] ntfs-3g Install Ntfs-3g by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --disable-static \ --with-fuse=internal \ --docdir=/usr/share/doc/ntfs-3g-&ntfs-3g-version; && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install && It's recommended to use the in-kernel NTFS3 driver for mounting NTFS filesystems, instead of ntfs-3g (see the note at the start of this page). However, if you want to use ntfs-3g to mount the NTFS filesystems anyway, create a symlink for mount command: ln -sv ../bin/ntfs-3g /usr/sbin/mount.ntfs && ln -sv ntfs-3g.8 /usr/share/man/man8/mount.ntfs.8 --with-fuse=internal: This switch dynamically forces ntfs-3g to use an internal copy of the fuse-2.x library. This is required if you wish to allow users to mount NTFS partitions. --disable-ntfsprogs: Disables installation of various utilities used to manipulate NTFS partitions. chmod -v 4755 /usr/bin/ntfs-3g: Making mount.ntfs setuid root allows non root users to mount NTFS partitions. To mount a Windows partition at boot time, put a line like this in /etc/fstab: /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows auto defaults 0 0 To allow users to mount a usb stick with an NTFS filesystem on it, put a line similar to this (change sdc1 to whatever a usb stick would be on your system) in /etc/fstab: /dev/sdc1 /mnt/usb auto user,noauto,umask=0,utf8 0 0 In order for a user to be able to mount the usb stick, they will need to be able to write to /mnt/usb, so as the root user: chmod -v 777 /mnt/usb Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directories lowntfs-3g, mkfs.ntfs, mkntfs, mount.lowntfs-3g, mount.ntfs, mount.ntfs-3g, ntfs-3g, ntfs-3g.probe, ntfscat, ntfsclone, ntfscluster, ntfscmp, ntfscp, ntfsfix, ntfsinfo, ntfslabel, ntfsls, ntfsresize and ntfsundelete libntfs-3g.so /usr/include/ntfs-3g and /usr/share/doc/ntfs-3g Short Descriptions lowntfs-3g is similar to ntfs-3g but uses the Fuse low-level interface lowntfs-3g mkfs.ntfs is a symlink to mkntfs mkfs.ntfs mkntfs creates an NTFS file system mkntfs mount.lowntfs-3g is a symlink to lowntfs-3g mount.lowntfs-3g mount.ntfs mounts an NTFS filesystem mount.ntfs mount.ntfs-3g is a symbolic link to ntfs-3g mount.ntfs-3g ntfs-3g is an NTFS driver, which can create, remove, rename, move files, directories, hard links, and streams. It can also read and write files, including streams, sparse files and transparently compressed files. It can also handle special files like symbolic links, devices, and FIFOs; moreover it provides standard management of file ownership and permissions, including POSIX ACLs ntfs-3g ntfs-3g.probe tests if an NTFS volume is mountable read only or read-write, and exits with a status value accordingly. The volume can be a block device or image file ntfs-3g.probe ntfscluster identifies files in a specified region of an NTFS volume ntfscluster ntfscp copies a file to an NTFS volume ntfscp ntfsfix fixes common errors and forces Windows to check an NTFS partition ntfsfix ntfsls lists directory contents on an NTFS filesystem ntfsls ntfscat prints NTFS files and streams on the standard output ntfscat ntfsclone clones an NTFS filesystem ntfsclone ntfscmp compares two NTFS filesystems and shows the differences ntfscmp ntfsinfo dumps a file's attributes ntfsinfo ntfslabel displays or changes the label on an ntfs file system ntfslabel ntfsresize resizes an NTFS filesystem without data loss ntfsresize ntfsundelete recovers a deleted file from an NTFS volume ntfsundelete libntfs-3g.so contains the Ntfs-3g API functions libntfs-3g.so