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Hi,
I'm running Arch Linux with Xfce and Thunar as file manager. I have a NTFS drive mounted like this in /etc/fstab:
/dev/sda5 /media/data ntfs defaults,umask=007,gid=ntfs 0 0
I can browse the drive just fine in a terminal, but if I use Thunar to explore the drive, Thunar always jumps back to the root level of the drive (which is /media/data) as soon as I try to access a subdirectory. For example if I want to go to /media/data/music I can see that folder for a tenth of a second and then Thunar brings me back to /media/data). I'm not getting this on any other drive, including samba network drives.
Does anyone have any suggestions what the problem (or solution) might be?
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Okay I seem to have found whats causing this... I have to set the umask so that the "other" users have execute permission. So if I set umask=007 Thunar doesnt descend into the directory. If I set umask to 006, it works just fine. But I don't understand why? Thunar is run by myself and I am a member of the ntfs group, so why would it need the execute permission bit from "others"?
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Perhaps if you enter "users" in fstab the problem will go away....nix the defaults...
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That doesnt change anything... I wouldnt really know why either, user just makes it possible for users to mount, but mounting isnt the problem here i'm afraid.
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