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In article <mailman.139.1451665323.11925.python-list@python.org>,
 William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> wrote:

> > On Jan 1, 2016, at 5:56 AM, tdsperth@gmail.com wrote:
> > 
> > Hi All
> > 
> > I am trying to create a directory on a windows drive from my macbook air 
> > with python but get a permissions error because the windows ntfs drive is 
> > read only - does anyone know away to overcome this issue - I have looked 
> > for a utility but have yet to find an answer.
> > 
> > Regards and Happy New Year
> > 
> > Colin
> > 
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> OS-X can read NTFS drives, but by default cannot write to them, hence the 
> read-only mount.  If you have control over that external drive you can format 
> it (on OS-X) as ExFAT, and it can then be written to and read from by both 
> OS-X and Windows.  If the drive must be formatted NTFS, you can turn on 
> writing via terminal commands (which works ONLY on a volume-by-volume basis) 
> or using a third party utility.  There is a pretty good summary here:
> 
>   http://www.cnet.com/news/how-to-manually-enable-ntfs-read-and-write-in-os-x/
> 
> -Bill

I think the OP can't access the volume that's mounted through SMB 
through python rather than attempting to mount it locally on the Mac as 
an NTFS volume.

SMB/CIFS is a protocol for mounting stuff on Windows boxes.  The 
permissions issues may be the authentication between the versions of SMB 
running on Windows 10 vs. what's running on Mac OS.

First off the Mac needs to be able to mount the SMB volume and you 
should see it in the Finder.  If that isn't happening, you haven't setup 
SMB on MacOS to talk to the Windows box yet.

This article describes the issue with Mavericks (10.9) and Windows:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5467191

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Mac Question tdsperth@gmail.com - 2016-01-01 02:56 -0800
  Re: Mac Question Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 22:13 +1100
    Re: Mac Question tdsperth@gmail.com - 2016-01-01 03:27 -0800
      Re: Mac Question Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 22:47 +1100
  Re: Mac Question William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> - 2016-01-01 10:21 -0500
    Re: Mac Question Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2016-01-01 10:02 -0800

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