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I want to transfer files from my PC to an external HDD. I tried all the chmod commands but they are not changing file permissions. The GUI settings are also not working. My external HDD is NTFS.

Jessica Fernandez
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  • Hey Are you trying to change the permissions for files you have copied from a Ubuntu system to an NTFS drive? – David Mar 14 '22 at 10:36
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    NTFS does not support UNIX style permissions so chmod wont work on NTFS partitons and their files. – Thomas Ward Mar 14 '22 at 11:42

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It does not work because you are trying to change permissions on a file system, ntfs, that does not support linux ownerships and permissions. Such file systems are mounted with default settings, which eventually can be adapted through the mount options.

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