haylo all, want mount ntfs partition 'dbs' (user) owner mount point , files inside mount. tried changing permissions first on mount point directories, e.g., /media/data using: sudo chown dbs /media/data , did change ownership, after mounting, ownership changed root. fstab entry looks like: /dev/sda2 /media/data ntfs rw,auto,dbs,sync 0 0 want mount /dev/sda2 @ /media/data owner 'dbs' , permission 777 on every file , folder. please me on , keep simple. http://opensuse.swerdna.org/susentfs.html /dev/sdb1 /path_to/mount_point ntfs-3g uid=suzette,gid=users,umask=0022 0 0 the source mentions open suse, fstab kin of global linux thing can safely use information. use uid, set userid , gid set groupid, after use umask set permissions on mounting point. (umask complete opposite of standard permissions. (calculate performing 7777-'desired pe...