linux/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs3.rst
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Doc/fs/ntfs3: Fix rst format and make it cleaner
Current ntfs3 rst documentation is broken. I turn table to list table as
this is current Linux documentation quide line. Simple table also did
not quite work in our situation as we need to span rows together.

It still look quite good as text so we did not loss anything. This will
also make diffing quite bit more pleasure.

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Signed-off-by: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com>
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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NTFS3
=====
Summary and Features
====================
NTFS3 is fully functional NTFS Read-Write driver. The driver works with NTFS
versions up to 3.1. File system type to use on mount is *ntfs3*.
- This driver implements NTFS read/write support for normal, sparse and
compressed files.
- Supports native journal replaying.
- Supports NFS export of mounted NTFS volumes.
- Supports extended attributes. Predefined extended attributes:
- *system.ntfs_security* gets/sets security
Descriptor: SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR_RELATIVE
- *system.ntfs_attrib* gets/sets ntfs file/dir attributes.
Note: Applied to empty files, this allows to switch type between
sparse(0x200), compressed(0x800) and normal.
Mount Options
=============
The list below describes mount options supported by NTFS3 driver in addition to
generic ones. You can use every mount option with **no** option. If it is in
this table marked with no it means default is without **no**.
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:widths: 1 5
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* - iocharset=name
- This option informs the driver how to interpret path strings and
translate them to Unicode and back. If this option is not set, the
default codepage will be used (CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT).
Example: iocharset=utf8
* - uid=
- :rspan:`1`
* - gid=
* - umask=
- Controls the default permissions for files/directories created after
the NTFS volume is mounted.
* - dmask=
- :rspan:`1` Instead of specifying umask which applies both to files and
directories, fmask applies only to files and dmask only to directories.
* - fmask=
* - noacsrules
- "No access rules" mount option sets access rights for files/folders to
777 and owner/group to root. This mount option absorbs all other
permissions.
- Permissions change for files/folders will be reported as successful,
but they will remain 777.
- Owner/group change will be reported as successful, butthey will stay
as root.
* - nohidden
- Files with the Windows-specific HIDDEN (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN) attribute
will not be shown under Linux.
* - sys_immutable
- Files with the Windows-specific SYSTEM (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM) attribute
will be marked as system immutable files.
* - discard
- Enable support of the TRIM command for improved performance on delete
operations, which is recommended for use with the solid-state drives
(SSD).
* - force
- Forces the driver to mount partitions even if volume is marked dirty.
Not recommended for use.
* - sparse
- Create new files as sparse.
* - showmeta
- Use this parameter to show all meta-files (System Files) on a mounted
NTFS partition. By default, all meta-files are hidden.
* - prealloc
- Preallocate space for files excessively when file size is increasing on
writes. Decreases fragmentation in case of parallel write operations to
different files.
* - acl
- Support POSIX ACLs (Access Control Lists). Effective if supported by
Kernel. Not to be confused with NTFS ACLs. The option specified as acl
enables support for POSIX ACLs.
Todo list
=========
- Full journaling support over JBD. Currently journal replaying is supported
which is not necessarily as effectice as JBD would be.
References
==========
- Commercial version of the NTFS driver for Linux.
https://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-linux-professional/
- Direct e-mail address for feedback and requests on the NTFS3 implementation.
almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com