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** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Same USB HDD gets different mounting behaviour depending on filesystem
  used?

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Running Saucy on my laptop.  I have a 2TB USB3.0 external HDD that is
  factory formatted in NTFS.

  When I first plugged it in, it was mounted like so:

  drwx------ 1 bladernr bladernr 4096 Dec 16 12:47 Alexandria

  and I was able to start creating a python script inside the disk :
  -rw------- 1 bladernr bladernr 179 Dec 16 12:47 update-library

  However, it was absolutely impossible to make that script executable.
  I tried remounting the drive by setting umaks, dmask and fmask to
  0777, and I also tried setting the exec option.  But there was
  absolutely no way I could make that script executable.

  So I reformatted the disk in ext4.  This time, the drive mounted with
  ownership being root:root.  Thus, still unusable, but even moreso this
  time because after I plugged in my hard disk, I was unable to even
  read the disk, let alone try to copy data or create files on it.

  In order to make my USB disk actually usable, as my user, I had to
  take the additional step of using chown on a cli.  A user shouldn't
  have to take extraordinary measures like this to  make their external
  HDD usable.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: linux-image-3.11.0-15-generic 3.11.0-15.23
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.23-generic 3.11.10
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  bladernr   2560 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC2:  bladernr   2560 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  bladernr   2560 F.... pulseaudio
  Date: Mon Dec 16 15:21:35 2013
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=c2f4cbc3-a904-4dbf-acd4-0a28f482d683
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-03-15 (641 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120307)
  MachineType: Alienware M15x
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcFB:
   
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-15-generic root=UUID=e7eedf5d-5aad-4230-b123-47162b1acea6 ro
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-15-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-15-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.116
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-06-22 (177 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 08/24/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: Alienware
  dmi.bios.version: A08
  dmi.board.vendor: Alienware
  dmi.board.version: A08
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Alienware
  dmi.chassis.version: A08
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAlienware:bvrA08:bd08/24/2010:svnAlienware:pnM15x:pvrA08:rvnAlienware:rn:rvrA08:cvnAlienware:ct8:cvrA08:
  dmi.product.name: M15x
  dmi.product.version: A08
  dmi.sys.vendor: Alienware

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