Search code examples
c++ubuntucodeblocksntfs

Can I run C++ projects in Ubuntu from an NTFS partition?


I have an extra NTFS partition to store data that I want to use both from WIndows and Ubuntu. I made a C++ project there. It was a simple Hello World console application.

I get this error when I run it.

sh :1 :/media/Data1/blah/blah/project/bin/debug/project :permission denied

My fstab file looks like this:

# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    nodev,noexec,nosuid 0       0

Blkid:

/dev/sda1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" LABEL="DellUtility" UUID="5450-4444" TYPE="vfat" 
/dev/sda2: LABEL="RECOVERY" UUID="4248184648183ADD" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sda3: LABEL="OS" UUID="20081BCC081B9FB8" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sda5: UUID="bc712346-c70f-4bc6-9f21-48bae91b8b02" TYPE="swap" 
/dev/sda6: UUID="1915e08f-1961-437f-900a-3dd37a26118b" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sda7: UUID="bcb714f1-7428-4e5f-8cf9-73ae724ada57" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sda8: LABEL="Data1" UUID="7FCF22B82B6665CB" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sda9: LABEL="Data2" UUID="411A8CDC1D33E6FA" TYPE="ntfs"

Solution

  • To remount with exec while running

    sudo mount -o remount,exec /media/Data1
    

    Making it stick across reboots:

    I suggest adding

    LABEL=Data1 /media/Data1  auto auto,exec 0  0
    LABEL=Data2 /media/Data2  auto auto,exec 0  0
    

    to your fstab file.

    Reboot, done.