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How can I backup a directory to NTFS while preserving Unix file attributes?
I want to make a backup of my home directory to an NTFS partition (an unfortunate limitation). However, when I last tried using just cp, the attributes (owner, etc) went away. How can I make a backup ...
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How do I mount an NTFS partition in /etc/fstab and prevent files/directories from receiving exec permissions when they're created?
I have an NTFS partition that I want to mount using /etc/fstab. I don't want any files to have executable permissions on this drive, so I wrote the following rule:
/dev/sda2 /media/sharedfolder ntfs ...
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Cannot execute files on another partition
On my system I have three partitions: one is shared between W7 and Linux Mint (NTFS), and the other two are OS-specific.
In my home directory I have created a symbolic link to another directory on ...
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Mounting a Windows partition without giving execute permission
How can I mount a Windows partition so that the files within it don't have execution permission? I mount a Windows partition using:
sudo mount /dev/sda3 win
win is a folder in my home dir.
This of ...
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pure-ftpd permission denied on external usb drive
I have a sheevaplug PC (Debian installed) that I'm trying to setup my personal FTP server with. So far I was able to set up auto mounting and installed pure-ftpd. I currently have autofs setup to ...
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How does the Unix file privilege system differ from that of Windows?
Related question: How does the Linux file system/organization differ from Windows?
I am somewhat familiar with how privileges work when it comes to files and directories - each entry has an owner and ...
