Bug 869416 - ntfs-3g can't change umask without reboot
Summary: ntfs-3g can't change umask without reboot
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: ntfs-3g
Version: 16
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tom "spot" Callaway
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-10-23 20:00 UTC by Ian Malone
Modified: 2013-02-14 22:40 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2013-02-13 23:14:34 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Ian Malone 2012-10-23 20:00:07 UTC
Description of problem:
It doesn't appear to be possible to change the umask of an ntfs filesystem once mounted without rebooting.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
ntfs-3g-2011.4.12-5.fc16.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
# mount /dev/sdb1 /media/shared12/ -t ntfs -o rw,utf8,uid=500,exec,umask=000
# ls /media/shared12/test.wav -lh
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 ian root 3.3M May 13  2010 /media/shared12/test.wav
# umount /media/shared12
# mount /dev/sdb1 /media/shared12/ -t ntfs -o rw,utf8,uid=500,exec,umask=777
# ls /media/shared12/test.wav -lh
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 ian root 3.3M May 13  2010 /media/shared12/test.wav
 
Actual results:
Once mounted the umask is 'stuck': unmounting and remounting with a different umask doesn't cause it to change. Have also tried setting all three umask, fmask, dmask and changing the mount point for the second mount. No change.

Expected results:
ntfs shouldn't remember previous umask.

Additional info:
The device is in the fstab:
UUID=1ECC8E4CCC8E1DE1	/media/shared11	ntfs	rw,utf8,uid=500,exec,umask=000,comment=systemd.automount	0	0
(not normally 000, this was for testing) In case this had any effect I tried using a different mount point and also changing the fstab umask setting. Again, no change.

Comment 1 Jean-Pierre André 2012-10-24 06:50:20 UTC
1) I could not reproduce the behavior you reported, and I get what is expected. Maybe there is some interference with SELinux (see the final dot in "-rwxrwxrwx.").

2) The umask mount parameter is not processed by ntfs-3g, and a wrong behavior would have another origin (the parameter is passed "as is" to fuse and mount). If you want ntfs-3g to force some apparent permission, use fmask (for files) and/or dmask (for directories).

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Comment 3 Fedora End Of Life 2013-02-13 23:14:38 UTC
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Comment 4 Ian Malone 2013-02-14 22:40:28 UTC
Doesn't seem to have been fixed in F16, but in F18 works as expected.


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