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Sun Keqin
Sun Keqin

Reputation: 53

How can I use "chmod" command under the NTFS file system

I wanted to change the file permission when I use "git", but the "chmod" didn't work. How can I use "chmod" command under the NTFS file system?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5570

Answers (2)

Martin Samson
Martin Samson

Reputation: 4090

Answer by Casey Robinson points out you can't really chmod.

Here's how to use NTFS ACL within linux:

http://b.andre.pagesperso-orange.fr/permissions.html

Upvotes: 1

Casey Robinson
Casey Robinson

Reputation: 1019

You can't. See: https://askubuntu.com/questions/11840/how-to-chmod-on-an-ntfs-or-fat32-partition

The mode is determined by the partition's mount options (you cannot change it via chmod).

For '755' on files and '777' on directories you would use something like

sudo mount -t ntfs -o rw,auto,user,fmask=0022,dmask=0000 /dev/whatever /mnt/whatever

Upvotes: 3

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