NTFS Execution Settings

[Chris Jaquet]

Never mind. I just forced an install of 1.0.1. Though I still think there
must be a better way. Any insight would still be appreciated.

Thanks,
Chris


On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Chris Jaquet <chrisjaquet at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good Afternoon,
>
> This is probably not the correct list to post this question on, but I am at
> my wit's end as to where to find out about this, so if someone here can
> perhaps redirect me to the appropriate location I would really appreciate
> it.
>
> Recently in fedora 14 (and by default in fedora 15) the udisks package
> version 1.0.2-4 has been used, and having perused the web for a while, I see
> that this version is the one that by default disables execution of files on
> NTFS partitions and removable devices. How do I go about allowing files to
> be executed on NTFS systems? Is there a setting somewhere within policykit
> which I can set/change to allow this? Setting up all possible media in fstab
> is not an option as I also work with various removable drives which need to
> be readable by windows machines. I am also developing an application that
> must work on both windows and linux so having two development directories is
> a nuisance and not being able to execute various (valid) linux executables
> on ntfs drives is becoming somewhat troublesome.
>
> Is there a setting somewhere that I am missing? I have tried googling for a
> solution but as of yet I have not managed to find anything to help me out,
> so I hope someone here can help me.
>
> Sorry again for posting on the developer list.
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
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