[SOLVED] How to execute a .sh file in an NTFS partition?

[Member kaye]

Hello Friends

I was just wondering if it’s possible in antiX to execute a .sh file in an NTFS partition.

For example, I downloaded the latest SuperTuxKart game from https://supertuxkart.net/Main_Page and saved it in an NTFS partition which I use for storing all kinds of files (documents, pics, music, etc.)

I get this when trying to run the game from the terminal:

$ sudo sh ./run_game.sh
Running 64-bit version...
./run_game.sh: 15: ./run_game.sh: /media/my-ntfs-partition/supertuxkart/supertuxkart-1.0-linux/supertuxkart-1.0-linux/bin-64/supertuxkart: Permission denied

It seems I can only play the game if it’s in the /home/user directory.

I kind of prefer to save the game in the NTFS partition and run it from there.

Is this not possible?

The /etc/fstab entry for the NTFS partition is:

/dev/sda1 label=my-ntfs-partition UUID=0C8F6A4424CD0148 /media/my-ntfs-partition ntfs-3g auto,exec,uid=1000,gid=users,dmask=002,fmask=113,users 0 0

I know some of you may discourage what I’m after, but let’s just say I may want to learn a way around it, for learning’s sake.

Thank you!

• This topic was modified 3 years, 1 month ago by kaye.

[Member fatmac]

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Looks like NTFS is mounted as your user ID, (1000), will it run if you leave out sudo?

(Otherwise, I’ll guess it is a permissions problem with the NTFS filesystem.)

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[Anonymous]

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read man mount.ntfs then edit the fstab entry and specify a more permissive fmask value.

Here’s a quick ‘splainer: https://superuser.com/questions/1271534/file-permissions-correct-ntfs-mount-option

[Member kaye]

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Hi. It’s been months and I still don’t get it. It’s all very confusing to me. Sorry.

[Forum Admin rokytnji]

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Edit: screwed up post.

For example, I downloaded the latest SuperTuxKart game from https://supertuxkart.net/Main_Page and saved it in an NTFS partition which I use for storing all kinds of files (documents, pics, music, etc.)

I save stuff in /data ext3 before a install. I don’t dual boot so ntfs is not needed. Since too complicated. You might want to re think on on how you install or save files system wise.

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-ubuntu-linux-auto-mounting-windows-ntfs-file-system/

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If you want the latest supertuxkart, I can put it in our repos.

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[Member kaye]

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Based on your answers, I guess there’s nothing I can do? Would converting the partition from ntfs to fat32 help? What about creating an ext4 partition just for executables?

I’m sorry if it seems confusing but this is what I remember being able to do in another distro:

For example, the Tor Browser. And the Soundwire app. I’m not 100% sure but I think I was able to run these two from an ntfs partition.

That’s all I’m asking.

Right now if I have to run Tor Browser, obviously first I have to download Tor from their website. Then I extract it somewhere. If I extract it to an ntfs partition, it won’t run. If I extract it to /home/user, it will run. (I think extracting it to / directory is ok too?)

By the way, in Debian, after downloading supertuxkart from its website, I extracted it to an ntfs partition and I can run it from there.

This really isn’t all that important to me but I was wondering if it’s possible in antiX.

Thank you!

[Forum Admin Dave]

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As skidoo states your mask values are set incorrectly. Therefore all your files when mounted are mounted without the executable flag. This is good for a general storage drive but not a program drive. You may be able to set the executable flag by running the command
chmod 775 /media/my-ntfs-partition/supertuxkart/supertuxkart-1.0-linux/supertuxkart-1.0-linux/bin-64/supertuxkart
Or right clicking on that file in a file manager and selecting permissions. Then set the executable flag there.

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Do you have ntfs-3g installed? I believe the correct fstab mounting for ntfs-3g is just uuid=xxxxxxx ntfs-3g /media/yourntfsmountingpoint default 0 0
The other configuration is for plain ntfs mounting.
If you don’t have ntfs-3g installed then your system will not know how to mount the partition properly.
Windows would never be able to do anything with linux binaries anyway, so I would split a piece of the partition and convert it to ext4. If you install supertuxcart the executables should have been either in /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin or maybe /opt. You seem to have installed it from a tarball from upsource, I would guess.

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[Member kaye]

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Hello Friends! I’m the OP. I think this is what works for me. In /etc/fstab , I edited the line in question to this one:

UUID=6C7729577B56EBD0 /media/kaye/data ntfs-3g auto,uid=1000,gid=users,umask=0,dmask=0,fmask=0,users,exec 0 0

I can run both SuperTuxKart and Tor Browser from that partition. Both were downloaded from their respective websites, then extracted to that partition, then I was able to run them. I am also able to save a LibreOffice Calc file in that partition.

What do you think? Is there anything in that line that would cause problems? Do I need to edit it further?

Thank you!

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