On Sat, 31 Oct 2009, Ron Loftin wrote: > ELrepo site, I can mount an NTFS filesystem, and when I type "mount" > with no options the output tells me that the target filesystem is > mounted read-write. However, when I try to create a file on that > filesystem as root, I get a "Permission denied" error, which leads me to > think that I'm missing something here. Stupid question: BEFORE you mount, what are the permissions on the mount point? Those permissions can affect what you can do with the mounted filesystem. Once you mount the filesystem it's awfully hard to figure out what the problem is because the original mount point permissions are hidden... That one has gotten me before, but a wiser SA than myself warned me before I ever came across it, so I didn't spin my wheels _too_ long looking for the problem! That would have been a real hair-puller otherwise. I don't know whether current Unix/Linux systems behave in the same manner, but SunOS/Solaris used to. -- Curt Mills, WE7U hacker at fluke dot com Senior Methods Engineer/SysAdmin "Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown "Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U "The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" Please be advised that this email may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy or re-transmit this email. If you have received this email in error, please notify us by email by replying to the sender and by telephone (call us collect at +1 202-828-0850) and delete this message and any attachments. Thank you in advance for your cooperation and assistance. In addition, Danaher and its subsidiaries disclaim that the content of this email constitutes an offer to enter into, or the acceptance of, any contract or agreement or any amendment thereto; provided that the foregoing disclaimer does not invalidate the binding effect of any digital or other electronic reproduction of a manual signature that is included in any attachment to this email.