How to mount a drive with read only permission

Question

I am using this is fstab to mount the partition at backup.

/dev/sda5 /media/virtual ntfs defaults 0 0

When i reboot the permissions are automatically set to 777.

I want that only one user i.e userA can read and write , all others should not see the contents of that drive.

What should i do

anything like

 /dev/sda5 /media/virtual ntfs userA 700  defaults 0 0

Jason Berg · Answer 1 · 2010-05-12 04:04:50Z

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/dev/sda5 /media/virtual ntfs defaults,umask=700,uid=1 0 0

change the UID to the appropriate user (found in /etc/passwd). 1 is root.

answered May 12 '10 at 4:04

Jason Berg
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	That was tricy i had to use 077 to make it work – John May 12 '10 at 7:37
	I tried that and it works but it is making 700 permission of all the folders inside as well , how can i only make those permissions for one main folder virtual only – John May 12 '10 at 8:00

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