[SOLVED] How do I mount ntfs partition for all users?

[phoenix1963]

OK, I can mount the old Windows filesystem using an entry in fstab:

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/dev/sdb1 /media/Windows ntfs defaults,umask=007,gid=46 0 0

but how do I make it read & writeable to all users?

Something like "nogid"?

phoenix1963

[altair4]

/dev/sdb1 /media/Windows ntfs defaults,umask=007,gid=46 0 0

If you are using Linux Mint it is r/w to all local login users because by default all users are members of the plugdev ( gid=46 ) group.

If you are using LMDE Mint then you will need to add the users to the group:

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sudo gpasswd -a altair plugdev

Then those users will have to logout and in again for the group membership to take affect.

If by "all users" you mean "eveyone" ( as in include "others" - universal access ) then change the line to this:

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/dev/sdb1 /media/Windows ntfs defaults,umask=000 0 0

[phoenix1963]

Thanks, though all my other users don't seem to be part of plugdev, despite being vanilla Mint.

phoenix1963

[altair4]

Thanks, though all my other users don't seem to be part of plugdev, despite being vanilla Mint.

It could be because this statement is not quite correct:

If you are using Linux Mint it is r/w to all local login users because by default all users are members of the plugdev ( gid=46 ) group.

Previous to Mint12 all new users added through the Menu became members of plugdev by default. Because of it's use of Gnome3, the Mint12 "User Accounts" utility does not.

Mint1 through Mint11 ( Gnome2 ) creates a new user with membership to these groups:

uid=1001(tester1) gid=1001(tester1) groups=1001(tester1),4(adm),20(dialout),21(fax),24(cdrom),25(floppy),26(tape),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),104(fuse)

Mint12 ( Gnome3 ) creates a new user with membership to these groups:

uid=1001(tester1) gid=1001(tester1) groups=1001(tester1)

Depending on your point of view and prejudices you could either take the purist's stance and say it's now how Debian would do it. Or you could argue that it creates a user that by default can't do much.

Either way, what I posted was incorrect and I apologize.