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Mount NTFS with permissions

Identify the partition

sudo blkid

Mount the partition once

sudo mount /dev/sdXN -t ntfs-3g -o permissions [Mount point]

Map the users defined on the Windows system present on [Mount point].

When there are no more significant files, ntfs-3g.usermap creates the mapping file into the file UserMapping in the current directory. This file has to be moved to the hidden directory .NTFS-3G in the root of [Mount point]

ntfs-3g.usermap [Mount point]
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ntfsusermap [Mount point]

Mount the partition on boot by editing /etc/fstab

UUID=[The UUID of the partition]   [Mount point]     ntfs-3g permissions     0       1

Example:

UUID=7FC482015907F743   /media/Data     ntfs-3g permissions     0       1

Then, reboot the computer. On boot, it should automatically mount the partition on the specified mount point with options ‘permissions’ and you will be able to edit the permissions of the files on the NTFS partition with ‘chmod’ and ‘chown’ !

NOTE: Performing a full shutdown on Windows will allow the drives to be fully mounted by Ubuntu. This can be accomplished by holding the SHIFT key as you press the “Shut down” button on the “Power” menu.

More info at the following address: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NTFS-3G

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