RE: NTFS issue

["aaron hirsch" <aaronh uptime net>]

> I have successfully mounted ntfs drive, but it is accessible only to
the
> root user.
> As a regular user I get 'permission denied' error.
> What am I missing?
> Here's what I did as root.
> 
> mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/C
> mount -t ntfs /dev/hda5 /mnt/D
> 
> After making sure I was able to access both ntfs drives, I added the
> following to /etc/fstab
> 
> /dev/hda1	/mnt/C   	ntfs    	defaults       	0
0
> /dev/hda5	/mnt/D   	ntfs    	defaults       	0
0
> 
> Then I rebooted and logged on as a regular user.
> Now ls /mnt/C gives 'permission denied'.
> But if I log on as root I am able to access both ntfs drives just
fine.
> I'm a Linux newbie, any help is appreciated.
[aaron hirsch] 
Silly question, but what user did you use to create your mount points
and are their permissions?