How to get permissions to execute programs from NTFS hard drive?

Solution 1:

Follow these steps to make a NTFS partition executable:

1. Open a terminal and type sudo blkid -c /dev/null
   This command allow you to identify your NTFS drive and your UUID number. Example:

   /dev/sdb1: LABEL="my_label" UUID="xxx" TYPE="ntfs"
   

2. Open the /etc/fstab file from terminal typing sudo -H gedit /etc/fstab

3. Don’t edit the existing lines, but add new one at the end like this example:

   UUID=xxx /media/my_label ntfs-3g defaults,auto,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=002 0 0
   

   NOTE: Replace the UUID number and the mounting point /media/my_label according to your situation!

4. Save the file and close the text editor.

5. Enter the next command in the terminal: sudo mount -a

6. And restart Ubuntu. Done

Now, every time you mount your NTFS partition, you will be able to run executable files.

Solution 2:

I tried above solutions but didn’t work for me. This worked.

UUID=xxx /media/ny ntfs-3g auto,users,permissions,exec,big_writes,windows_names 0 0

Ref - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NTFS-3G