%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ ntfs-3g 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. This package contains both the NTFS-3g driver itself and various utilities useful for manipulating NTFS partitions. &lfs7a_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 Recommended 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=external && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install && ln -sv ../bin/ntfs-3g /sbin/mount.ntfs && ln -sv ntfs-3g.8 /usr/share/man/man8/mount.ntfs.8 If you want ordinary users to be able to mount NTFS partitions you'll need to set mount.ntfs with the root user ID. Note: it is probably unsafe to do this on a computer that needs to be secure (like a server). As the root user: chmod -v 4755 /sbin/mount.ntfs --with-fuse=external: This switch dynamically links lowntfs-3g and ntfs-3g to external libfuse. Omit it if you have not installed or if you want to use internal statically compiled libfuse. --disable-ntfsprogs: Disables installation of various utilities used to manipulate NTFS partitions. ln -sv ../bin/ntfs-3g /sbin/mount.ntfs: Creating /sbin/mount.ntfs makes mount default to using Ntfs-3g to mount NTFS partitions. chmod -v 4755 /sbin/mount.ntfs: 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, ntfs-3g.secaudit, ntfs-3g.usermap, 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 ntfs-3g.secaudit audits NTFS Security Data. ntfs-3g.secaudit ntfs-3g.usermap creates the file defining the mapping of Windows accounts to Linux logins for users who owns files which should be visible from both Windows and Linux. ntfs-3g.usermap 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 tells 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