A Big problem!!

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Hi,
I have opensuse 10.1 installed with windows xp.Whenever i try to open a windows partition it shows "permission denied".I tried to mount it but it still says that.The partition is ntfs.what will i have to do supposing the partition name is multipurpose

Change the permissions in /etc/fstab
Just add umask=000 next to defaults in the line corrosponding to that partition.

could u explain that more clearly.i am a newbie.Please tell every step.

open ur terminal & enter
e.g. Assumed that /dev/hda1 is the location of Windows partition (NTFS)
Local mount folder: /media/windows also u must be un root

Code:

mkdir /mnt/windows
gedit /etc/fstab

Append the following line:

Code:

/dev/hda1    /mnt/windows ntfs  nls=utf8,umask=0222 0    0

@Gary, Suse Linux mounts Windows partitions automatically!! It mounts the Windows
partitions is the '/windows' directory. Just login as 'root' from the Terminal Window:
$ su -
(Enter root password)

# gedit /etc/fstab

Now make the changes , 'umask=0222' 0 0' at the end of the line
that corresponds to Windows partitions.
You must make the changes to all Windows partitions.