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    Edit fstab mount NTFS read-only

    How does one edit /etc/fstab so that an NTFS drive will mount as Read-Only (my fstab below)? I would like to mount "UUID=01CCBCAD2A2F2A80 /media/WINXP_MCE2005" entry as Read-Only.
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    # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
    #
    # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
    
    tmpfs	/dev/shm	tmpfs	defaults	0	0
    devpts	/dev/pts	devpts	gid=5,mode=620	0	0
    sysfs	/sys	sysfs	defaults	0	0
    proc	/proc	proc	defaults	0	0
    #Entry for /dev/mapper/vg_fedora-lv_root :
    UUID=c835be76-bf93-4186-8615-ecd7079d1814	/	ext4	defaults	1	1
    #Entry for /dev/sdc1 :
    UUID=8e8cd188-eb5e-4edb-ae57-04e9f4b6fb06	/boot	ext4	defaults	1	2
    #Entry for /dev/sdb5 :
    UUID=56640ACAA567D722	/media/WINXP_DATA	ntfs-3g	defaults,locale=en_US.utf8	0	0
    #Entry for /dev/sdb1 :
    UUID=01CCBCAD2A2F2A80	/media/WINXP_MCE2005	ntfs-3g	defaults,ro,locale=en_US.utf8	0	0
    #Entry for /dev/mapper/vg_fedora-lv_swap :
    UUID=c1049126-a6b0-423a-89e1-d3d593b2ea25	swap	swap	defaults	0	0
    
    /dev/vg_fedora/lv_home		/home		ext4	defaults	1 2
    /dev/vg_fedora/lv_root		/		ext4	defaults	1 2


    ---------- Post added at 01:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:33 PM ----------

    Got it... added "umask=0000" to options for that line.
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    Re: Edit fstab mount NTFS read-only

    Simply adding "ro" (read only) should do that, or else try "umask=0222".

    -edit: Just saw you already did that and that you got it working.
    You probably want to test it a bit more because a umask of 0000 shouldn't be read only.
    Last edited by Dutchy; 8th January 2012 at 08:59 PM.

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