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benerivo

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Registered: 2008-02-02

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[Solved] Mounting a ntfs usb drive in kdemod

I have an external usb drive that automounts in gnome, with write permissions. In kdemod it would not mount, and gave the error: "PermissionDeniedByPolicy mount-removable-extra-options no". I fixed this using this workaround... http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HAL … utomounter. The drive now mounts, but i don't have write permission. Is there a way to get it to automount in kdemod? Would i have to change /etc/fstab for every external usb drive?

Last edited by benerivo (2009-03-22 10:49:32)

Ranguvar

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Registered: 2008-08-12

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Re: [Solved] Mounting a ntfs usb drive in kdemod

You don't have write permission? Are you sure you're using ntfs-3g to mount it and not the kernel ntfs driver? The latter has next to no write support.

benerivo

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Registered: 2008-02-02

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Re: [Solved] Mounting a ntfs usb drive in kdemod

I'm not sure what i'm using to mount it. I have ntfs-3g installed and working for an internal drive. I'm hoping for a 'plug and wrirte' solution, as happens for me in gnome. Currently in kde, with the fix i mentioned, it mounts but only with read permissions. I'm hoping to avioid an /etc/fstab solution as i may need to use this computer in an environment where any ntfs usb external drive can be plugged in and written to.

Last edited by benerivo (2009-03-22 02:04:47)

FunkNapkin

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From: Québec, Canada

Registered: 2009-01-19

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Re: [Solved] Mounting a ntfs usb drive in kdemod

This seems like a problem with HAL's permissions. I suggest you read the whole HAL wiki page, especially the part about the policies. I believe that page has all the info you need.

I had that problem too, and I had to make a policy file. Can't remember any other details though, but the solution was somewhere in the forum.

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benerivo

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Registered: 2008-02-02

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Re: [Solved] Mounting a ntfs usb drive in kdemod

Thanks. The answer was simply to create a a symbolic link from mount.ntfs to mount.ntfs-3g, which makes hal use the ntfs-3g driver. It was in a section entitled "mount.ntfs linking" in the hal wiki page.

ln -s /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g /sbin/mount.ntfs