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permission to file

Asked by kumar sourabh

i installed ubuntu10.10 in windows7 in c-drive .,.,now i want to mark some files as executable file that is in other drive which is mounted by windows7 as NTFS,.,.,.,but when i try to tick mark any executable file automatically it gets undone,.,.,.even when i check the permission(properties) of that drive it shows permission of this drive cannot be determined..,.,..,.,.,but the files that r in home directory of ubuntu has no problem.,.,..,., so how can i mark files in other directory as executable ,.,,.,.,

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mycae (mycae) said : 		#1

NTFS does not support permissions in this manner, and so this cannot be done. Use a filesystem that supports executable permissions.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2005.11.howitworksntfs.aspx

If you are trying to run programs under wine, you don't need to mark them as executable, you can just use "wine nameofprogram.exe"

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Its not a drive, its a partition. Can you give the output of:

mount

Thanks

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mycae (mycae) said : 		#3

Hmm no, I am wrong.
http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-advanced/ownership-and-permissions/

can you output the result of the command "mount"

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