#Ntfs 3g drive driver#

While the ntfs-3g driver handles all of them, it always creates new files in the Windows Filename Compatibility NTFS supports several filename namespaces: DOS, Win32 and POSIX. If ntfs-3g is set setuid-root then non-root users will be also able to mount volumes. Windows-to-Linux user mapping, the ownerships and permissions are even applied to Windows users and conversely. You can also assign permissions to a single user by using the uid and/or the gid options together with theĭoing so, Windows users have full access to the files created by ntfs-3g.īut, by setting the permissions option, you can benefit from the full ownership and permissions features as defined by POSIX. The volume to be mounted can be either a block device or an image file.Īccess Handling and Security By default, files and directories are owned by the effective user and group of the mounting process, and everybody has full read, write, execution andĭirectory browsing permissions. It comes in two variants ntfs-3g and lowntfs-3g with a few differences mentioned below in relevant options descriptions. Management of file ownership and permissions, including POSIX ACLs. Streams, sparse files and transparently compressed files it can handle special files like symbolic links, devices, and FIFOs moreover it provides standard Ntfs-3g is an NTFS driver, which can create, remove, rename, move files, directories, hard links, and streams it can read and write files, including