On 9/13/2012 11:29 AM, Tamas Rudnai wrote: > On 13 September 2012 07:47, Justin Richardswro= te: > >>> If it's NTFS instead of VFAT (FAT32) then that might be a problem. >>> >> i thought linux now had ntfs sorted for writing. >> > It does have, however, NTFS can be encrypted and has permission informati= on > too which can prevent you to see someones private folders... > > Tamas encryption can prevent anyone from being able to view it regardless of=20 OS. NTFS file permissions do not matter under linux, you can delete=20 anything you like, including the registry itself. The driver for linux=20 is more of a read/write core information, it doesn't care about=20 permissions, security bits, or if it is system files. That is one of=20 the reasons there is caution advised when writing to an NTFS drive,=20 linux doesn't set the user information because it doesn't have it, only=20 windows would have that, so linux writes the file without the security=20 information. Mark Mark --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .