Public bug reported: I can not seem to create hard links on ntfs partitions (either on internal or external hd).
Repeat with: x...@x:/media/sda5 % ls -la A B ls: cannot access A: No such file or directory ls: cannot access B: No such file or directory x...@x:/media/sda5 % echo 'file A' > A x...@x:/media/sda5 % cat A file A x...@x:/media/sda5 % cp -al A B x...@x:/media/sda5 % cat A file A x...@x:/media/sda5 % cat B file A x...@x:/media/sda5 % echo 'file B' > B Expected results: x...@x:/media/sda5 % cat A B file B file B Actual results: x...@x:/media/sda5 % cat A B file A file B Mount status (to prove this is an ntfs partition and to show it's mount options): x...@x:~ % mount | grep /media/sda5 /dev/sda5 on /media/sda5 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096) I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: I can not seem to create hard links on ntfs partitions (either on internal or external hd). Repeat with: - x...@x:~ % ls -la A B + x...@x:/media/sda5 % ls -la A B ls: cannot access A: No such file or directory ls: cannot access B: No such file or directory - x...@x:~ % echo 'file A' > A - x...@x:~ % cat A + x...@x:/media/sda5 % echo 'file A' > A + x...@x:/media/sda5 % cat A file A - x...@x:~ % cp -al A B - x...@x:~ % cat B + x...@x:/media/sda5 % cp -al A B + x...@x:/media/sda5 % cat A file A - x...@x:~ % echo 'file B' > B + x...@x:/media/sda5 % cat B + file A + Expected results: - x...@x:~ % cat A B + x...@x:/media/sda5 % cat A B file B file B Actual results: x...@x:/media/sda5 % cat A B file A file B Mount status (to prove this is an ntfs partition and to show it's mount options): x...@x:~ % mount | grep /media/sda5 /dev/sda5 on /media/sda5 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096) I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 ** Description changed: I can not seem to create hard links on ntfs partitions (either on internal or external hd). Repeat with: x...@x:/media/sda5 % ls -la A B ls: cannot access A: No such file or directory ls: cannot access B: No such file or directory x...@x:/media/sda5 % echo 'file A' > A x...@x:/media/sda5 % cat A file A x...@x:/media/sda5 % cp -al A B x...@x:/media/sda5 % cat A file A x...@x:/media/sda5 % cat B file A - + x...@x:/media/sda5 % echo 'file B' > B Expected results: x...@x:/media/sda5 % cat A B file B file B Actual results: x...@x:/media/sda5 % cat A B file A file B Mount status (to prove this is an ntfs partition and to show it's mount options): x...@x:~ % mount | grep /media/sda5 /dev/sda5 on /media/sda5 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096) I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 -- ntfs hard links not working https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/336762 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs