NTFS (via driver)

E37336

Linux storage subsystem component file system support mechanism

NTFS (via driver) refers to support in Linux for reading and writing Microsoft’s NTFS file system through a dedicated kernel or userspace driver.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
ntfs-3g	2
NTFS	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Linux storage subsystem component ⓘ file system support mechanism ⓘ
canBeProvidedBy	FUSE-based driver ⓘ in-kernel NTFS driver ⓘ NTFS (via driver) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ntfs-3g
category	Linux file system drivers ⓘ interoperability software ⓘ
configurationMethod	/etc/fstab entry ⓘ mount command options ⓘ
dependsOn	NTFS on-disk format specification (reverse engineered or documented) ⓘ
fileSystemOrigin	NTFS ⓘ surface form: Microsoft NTFS
goal	transparent NTFS access from Linux applications ⓘ
implementationForm	kernel driver ⓘ userspace driver ⓘ
interactsWith	block devices ⓘ partition tables ⓘ
mayLimit	support for NTFS ACL semantics ⓘ support for NTFS compression ⓘ support for advanced NTFS features such as EFS ⓘ
mayRequireComponent	FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) ⓘ
mountInterface	VFS (Virtual File System) ⓘ
mountOptionExample	ntfs ⓘ NTFS (via driver) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ntfs-3g
operatingSystem	Linux ⓘ
performanceCharacteristic	userspace FUSE drivers are typically slower than in-kernel drivers ⓘ
providesCapability	read NTFS partitions ⓘ write NTFS partitions ⓘ
relatedTo	Windows ⓘ surface form: Microsoft Windows
requiresComponent	Linux ⓘ surface form: Linux kernel
securityConsideration	write support may risk data corruption if driver is unstable ⓘ
supportsFeature	NTFS permissions mapping (partial) ⓘ journaling awareness (read) ⓘ large file support ⓘ
supportsFileSystem	NTFS ⓘ
supportsOperation	directory listing ⓘ file creation ⓘ file deletion ⓘ file metadata access ⓘ file read ⓘ file rename ⓘ file write ⓘ
typicalUseCase	reading NTFS USB drives on Linux ⓘ sharing data between Windows and Linux installations ⓘ
usedFor	accessing data on NTFS-formatted disks ⓘ dual-boot system file sharing ⓘ external NTFS drive access ⓘ interoperability with Windows file systems ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NTFS (via driver) → canBeProvidedBy → NTFS (via driver) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ntfs-3g

Windows → defaultFileSystem → NTFS (via driver) ⓘ

this entity surface form: NTFS

NTFS (via driver) → mountOptionExample → NTFS (via driver) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ntfs-3g

Linux → supportsFileSystem → NTFS (via driver) ⓘ