Bug #7800

Cannot mount NTFS filesystem on hardware-write-protected USB stick with Disk Utility or Nautilus

Added by emmapeel 2014-08-20 07:19:10 . Updated 2019-03-08 14:48:57 .

Status:
Rejected
Priority:
Low
Assignee:
emmapeel
Category:
Hardware support
Target version:
Start date:
2014-08-20
Due date:
% Done:

0%

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Description

A user reports being unable to read a hardware write-protected USB stick formatted with NTFS.

He tried to mount it from Nautilus, where he gets the error:

Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 18: Error opening '/dev/sdh1': Read-only file system
Failed to mount '/dev/sdh1': Read-only file system

He can read it when mounted with the hardware switch for write protection OFF, though.

Desired results

He should be able to open the partition read-only.

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - Feature #7019: Better support writable boot devices with read-only switch Confirmed 2014-01-20

History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2014-08-20 08:08:11

  • Status changed from New to Confirmed
  • Assignee set to emmapeel
  • QA Check set to Info Needed

What happens if they try to mount the filesystem with mount -o ro? Knowing that would help find out if there’s a bug or missing feature in Nautilus/udisks, or lower in the stack (ntfs-3g).

#2 Updated by emmapeel 2014-08-22 07:34:35

User reports that

mount -t ntfs -o rm,ro /dev/sdh1 /home/amnesia/Persistent/test

was able to open the (switch) write-protected USB stick

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2014-08-23 18:35:15

> User reports that

>

> mount -t ntfs -o rm,ro /dev/sdh1 /home/amnesia/Persistent/test
>

> was able to open the (switch) write-protected USB stick

Thanks! So, it’s possibly a limitation in udisks or the way Nautilus uses it.
Can this be reproduced on current Debian testing/sid?

#4 Updated by emmapeel 2014-08-24 06:34:57

Sorry, I haven’t found USB sticks with write protection switch around here. I cannot test it.

Although I could open with `mount -o ro` an NTFS USB stick formatted from GParted installed in Tails

#5 Updated by BitingBird 2015-01-08 04:01:19

  • Assignee deleted (emmapeel)

emmapeel can’t answer the question, removing her from assignee so somebody else might test that :)

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2015-01-08 10:56:23

  • Category set to Hardware support

#7 Updated by Anonymous 2018-01-19 14:32:56

  • Assignee set to emmapeel

No news on this bug since 3 years. @emmapeel: did other users report this? If not, let’s reject this ticket.

#8 Updated by Anonymous 2018-01-19 14:34:52

  • related to Feature #7019: Better support writable boot devices with read-only switch added

#9 Updated by Anonymous 2019-03-08 14:48:57

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Rejected

No news since 3 years, possibly this is not really an issue then → closing.