Re: cannot open linked directory

["Umarzuki Mochlis" <umarzuki@gmail.com>]

2009/1/1, Michael Wagner <michaeldebian@web.de>:
> * Umarzuki Mochlis <umarzuki@gmail.com> 01.01.2009
>
> > A ntfs partition mounted on /mnt/win cannot be opened as normal user
>  > so i decided to soft link it to desktop yet still it cannot be opened
>  > by normal user eventhough link file mod is 777. Why?
>  >
>  > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root     root        9 2009-01-01 15:38 win -> /mnt/win/
>
>
> Hello Umarzuki,
>
>  the permissions of the link are uninterestingly because they are always
>  777. Only the permissions of the the target are interesant. You must
>  mount the directory and when it is mounted you change the permissions
>  to the rights you need for your user. Then they are always the same
>  every time you mount the device.
>
>  Hth Michael
>

Thanks for that info. In my case, I simply forgot it is ntfs
partition. So I have to mount it with ntfs-3g instead of mount.

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Umarzuki Mochlis
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