How to get permissions to execute programs from NTFS hard drive?

Question

I have this problem: I'm used to compile and run .c files with CodeBlocks. If I do that from my Desktop (ext4 partition) it works without problems, but doing this from my secondary hard drive (NTFS partition) makes CodeBlocks to say permission denied while running a .c file.

I have read it's because of the partition type is it correct? But I don't know how to solve it. I tried to edit fstab (sudo gedit /etc/fstab) adding this line:

/dev/sda /media/Dati ntfs user,exec 0 1

but after rebooting Ubuntu I had a warning on boot about a problem mounting a drive, that's because I set KDE to auto mount my Dati drive on boot.

So I should auto mount my NTFS drive with execute permission? How can I do that?

Solution 1

Follow these steps to make a NTFS partition executable:

1. Open a terminal and type sudo blkid -c /dev/null
   This command allow you to identify your NTFS drive and your UUID number. Example:

   /dev/sdb1: LABEL="my_label" UUID="xxx" TYPE="ntfs"
   

2. Open the /etc/fstab file from terminal typing sudo -H gedit /etc/fstab

3. Don’t edit the existing lines, but add new one at the end like this example:

   UUID=xxx /media/my_label ntfs-3g defaults,auto,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=002 0 0
   

   NOTE: Replace the UUID number and the mounting point /media/my_label according to your situation!

4. Save the file and close the text editor.

5. Enter the next command in the terminal: sudo mount -a

6. And restart Ubuntu. Done

Now, every time you mount your NTFS partition, you will be able to run executable files.

Solution 2

I tried above solutions but didn’t work for me. This worked.

UUID=xxx /media/ny ntfs-3g auto,users,permissions,exec,big_writes,windows_names 0 0

Ref - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NTFS-3G

Comments

[Admin]

You can read but not write the file, Am I right?

[Admin]

I can read it but I can't execute it I think and I can't write as well. I can't also set permissions nor from dolphin with the "sudo" option

[Admin]

Have you reviewed this question?

[Admin]

I have just solved it, I have posted the answer

[Frank]

it's an external drive

[ldavid]

I can't change files' permissions after making this change, even if I add users,permissions after defaults,auto. My line is currently like this: /dev/sdb4 /path/to/mount ntfs-3g defaults,auto,users,permissions,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=002 0 0 Do you have any suggestions?