From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 1 23:50:02 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0239F16A4CF for ; Sun, 1 May 2005 23:50:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A529B43D4C for ; Sun, 1 May 2005 23:50:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j41No1eY093282 for ; Sun, 1 May 2005 23:50:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j41No1kb093281; Sun, 1 May 2005 23:50:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 23:50:01 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200505012350.j41No1kb093281@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Steve Davidson Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF1BE16A4CE for ; Sun, 1 May 2005 23:41:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2EF143D46 for ; Sun, 1 May 2005 23:41:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j41NfbpH063266 for ; Sun, 1 May 2005 23:41:37 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j41NfbgF063265; Sun, 1 May 2005 23:41:37 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200505012341.j41NfbgF063265@www.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 23:41:37 GMT From: Steve Davidson To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.3 Subject: kern/80519: Write capability for ntfs filesystems does not work at all. X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 23:50:02 -0000 >Number: 80519 >Category: kern >Synopsis: Write capability for ntfs filesystems does not work at all. >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun May 01 23:50:01 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Steve Davidson >Release: 5.3-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: 5.3-RELEASE >Description: I am using 5.3-RELEASE. The mount_ntfs(8) manual page states that there is limited write capability for NTFS-mounted filesystems. I am finding that there is not write capability at all. What is the state of writing to an NTFS filesystem on FREEBSD? I cannot write anything whatsoever. Does NTFS writing work on any FreeBSD system? Here is the output of 'mount -p': /dev/ad0s1 /m/ntfs ntfs rw 0 0 And here is what happens when I try to write to an NTFS mount, e.g.: % date > xx xx: No such file or directory. Reads work fine. >How-To-Repeat: mount_ntfs -rw /dev/ntfs_partition /m/ntfs [write 'anything' to /m/ntfs]... (Use cat, cp, shell redirect, whatever) anything: No such file or directory. >Fix: Fix the kernel driver code? Alternatively, fix the documentation. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: