user cant read ntfs mount. umask ineffective

[ollie]

hey, i want to be able to read my windows partitions. i can do it as root but i need user access. now here is my fstab entry

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/dev/sda1        /mnt/sda1     ntfs        noauto,user,umask=222               0   0


i had it on ro but i took it out incase it was conflicting with the umask.
a ls returns

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dr--r----x   1 root root 24576 2004-12-23 13:12 sda1


so ofcourse

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ollie@Miranda:/mnt/sda1$ ls
ls: .: Permission denied


what am i doing wrong?
and why does umask use backwards octal permissions?

[ollie]

fixed

umask=0222


anyone explain what the zero is for? i would find out but i have to go. i guess i will do some experimentation when i get back

[Void Main]

There are actually 4 octals in UNIX/Linux permissions. You usually only work with the last 3 and if you only use the last 3 with the chmod command it knows to just ignore the 1st octal. In addition to being able to set rwx permissions for owner/group/other (the last 3 octals) you can set the SUID, SGID, and sticky bits which is controlled in the 1st octal. Unlike the "chmod" command the "mount" command requires all 4 octals in the "umask" param.

[worker201]

This method is way cooler:
http://www.userlocal.com/tips/fatmounting.php

vfat specific, but highly adaptable. Also works on non-Slack distros.