I have Windows and Arch Linux in dual with UEFI. I want to mount my another NTFS partition in Arch. I mounted the partition with mount /dev/sda5 /mnt/Apps command. Then added the output of genfstab -U /mnt/Apps in /etc/fstab file. The output is as follows:
UUID=01D158CC7C2A61A0 /mnt/Apps ntfs rw,nosuid,nodev,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other 0 0
But when I unmount and remount that partition all files and folders shows with root uid and gid and 0777 permission. I also tried with changing uid and gid to 1000 but same result. So, my question, what is the correct way to add NTFS partitions in fstab so that I can read & write all file and folder both with normal user (1000:1000) and root (0:0)?
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Method 1
As commented by muru from this answer, I have added the fmask and dmask permissions in /etc/fstab and now it shows correct permissions. I have change that line as follows:
UUID=01D158CC7C2A61A0 /mnt/Apps ntfs rw,auto,user,fmask=133,dmask=022,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0
This sets all files 0644 and directories 0755 permissions.
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