2 # Main page of 'My::Project::captive'
3 # Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Jan Kratochvil <project-www.jankratochvil.net@jankratochvil.net>
5 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7 # the Free Software Foundation; exactly version 2 of June 1991 is required
9 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 # GNU General Public License for more details.
14 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
16 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
19 package project::captive::Index;
20 require 5.6.0; # at least 'use warnings;' but we need some 5.6.0+ modules anyway
21 our $VERSION=do { my @r=(q$Revision$=~/\d+/g); sprintf "%d.".("%03d"x$#r),@r; };
32 "platform"=>"unixuser",
34 "summary"=>"The first free NTFS read/write filesystem for GNU/Linux",
36 "maintenance"=>"update",
37 "language"=>"i386 asm, C, Perl",
38 "icon"=>"captive-install-acquire-icon",
39 "cvs-of main tree"=>"captive",
40 "cvs-of branched ReactOS subdir"=>"reactos:captive",
41 "cvs-of branched LUFS"=>"lufs:captive",
42 "cvs-of 'httpcaptive://' method"=>"gnome-vfs-httpcaptive:captive",
43 "cvs-of 'libntfs://' method"=>"ntfsprogs-gnomevfs",
44 "description"=>sub { return <<"HERE"; },
45 <p>Project implements the first full read/write free access to NTFS disk drives.
46 You can mount your Microsoft Windows NT, 200x or XP partition as
47 a transparently accessible volume for your GNU/Linux.</p>
48 <p>This compatibility was achieved in
49 the @{[ a_href 'http://www.winehq.com/','Wine' ]} way by using the original
50 Microsoft Windows <i>ntfs.sys</i> driver. It emulates the required subsystems of
51 the Microsoft Windows kernel by reusing one of the original
52 <i>ntoskrnl.exe</i>, @{[ a_href 'http://www.reactos.com/','ReactOS' ]} parts, or
53 this project's own reimplementations, on a case by case basis.
54 Project includes the first open source MS-Windows kernel API for Free operating systems.
55 Involvement of the original driver files was chosen to achieve the best
56 and unprecedented filesystem compatibility and safety.</p>
57 <p>As opposed to other projects this is currently the only software supporting the full
58 read/write access including the possibility to create/delete files, modify directories
65 my $W=project::Lib->init(
67 "css_push"=>"./Index.css",
68 "project_text_after_title"=>sub { return ""
69 .'<table border="0" class="navigate"><tr>'
70 .'<td>• '.a_href('#download','Download').'</td>'
71 .'<td>• '.a_href('#news','NEWS').'</td>'
72 .'<td>• '.a_href('#testimonials','Testimonials').'</td>'
73 .'<td>• '.a_href('#press','Internet Press').'</td>'
74 .'<td>• '.a_href('#notes','Installation Notes').'</td>'
75 .'<td>• '.a_href('#lists','Mailing Lists').'</td>'
76 .'<td>• '.a_href('#seealso','See Also').'</td>'
82 print <<"HERE" if !$W->{"no_job"};
85 <table border="0" style="margin: 3ex; padding: 2ex; background: #bb8888;" class="margin-center">
86 <tr><td style="font-size: larger;">
87 Looking for a challenging job: @{[ a_href $W->{"resume_url"},"My resume" ]}
93 map(($_=>["1.1.5","0"]),qw(captive captive-lufs captive-install)),
94 "lufs"=>["0.9.7","1captive8"],
98 <h2 id="download">Download</h2>
100 <h3>Choose the one preferred installation format:</h3>
102 <table border="1" frame="border" rules="rows" style="text-align: center;" class="download">
105 <p>RPM i386 binary<br />tested for distributions:</p>
106 <table border="0"><tr><td align="left"><ul>
107 <li>Red Hat 9 Shrike</li>
108 <li>Red Hat 8 Psyche</li>
109 <li>SuSE 9.0</li>
110 <li>SuSE 9.1</li>
111 <li>Mandrake 9.1 Bamboo</li>
112 </ul></td></tr></table>
114 <td>@{[ a_href 'dist/captive-static-'.$version{"captive"}[0].'-'.$version{"captive"}[1].'.i386.rpm',
115 undef(),"size"=>1,"basename"=>1 ]}</td>
119 <p>.tar.gz i386 binary<br />(for non-RPM distributions)</p>
121 <td>@{[ a_href 'dist/captive-static-'.$version{"captive"}[0].'.tar.gz',undef(),"size"=>1,"basename"=>1 ]}</td>
124 <td>Source archives</td>
125 <td>@{[ a_href 'CVS.pm#source','download link' ]}</td>
129 <h4>Development Status</h4>
131 <p>Project is no longer developed. The key functionality is reached
132 by the latest released version. All its resources are available
133 @{[ a_href 'CVS.pm#source','here' ]} for download.</p>
137 <p>Captive was written to interface with the Linux kernel via
138 @{[ a_href 'http://lufs.sourceforge.net/lufs/','LUFS' ]}.
139 Unfortunately, this project is no longer being maintained by its author.
140 Mounting of NTFS devices usually works, but is no longer supported by the
141 author of Captive. Always unmount the device by umount(8) command before shutting
142 down your GNU/Linux system.</p>
144 <p>A port of Captive to the newer
145 @{[ a_href 'http://fuse.sourceforge.net/','FUSE' ]}
146 interface has not yet been implemented.
147 There is an experimental LUFS-FUSE bridge called
148 @{[ a_href 'http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=121684','lufis' ]}
149 that can be used in the meanwhile.
150 Also, the captive-cmdline(1) interface will get around any kernel compatibility
155 <h2 id="news">NEWS</h2>
158 <dt>captive-1.1.5 (2004-01-18) [@{[ a_href $W->{"project_viewcvs"}.'/*checkout*/captive/NEWS?rev=HEAD','archive' ]}]</dt>
161 <li>Fixed ignorance of the file truncate operation via LUFS (Matthias R.)</li>
162 <li>Support for reading of HIDDEN SYSTEM NTFS files via LUFS</li>
163 <li>Fixed refusal to mount some NT4.0 NTFSes (Nerijus Baliunas, Scott Chevalley)</li>
164 <li>Support <code>/dev/ataraid</code> devices (Ivan Tonov)</li>
167 <dt>lufs-0.9.7captive8 (2003-12-06) [@{[ a_href $W->{"project_viewcvs"}.'/*checkout*/lufs/NEWS.captive?rev=1.1.2.11','archive' ]}]</dt>
172 <h2 id="testimonials">Captive NTFS Testimonials</h2>
175 <li>Hospital of Castelo Branco - Bruno Santos
176 <p>we are preparing the machines to install another system that will allow
177 the digitalization of medical images - PACS (picture archive and
178 communication system).</p>
180 <p>since the computers that are need are about 100 and we need to install
181 windows in all of them (even we have an almost automated instalation - but
182 requires some administrator interaction). So, we want to install
183 windows2000 without pressing a key.</p>
185 <p>@{[ a_href 'TestimonialBrunoSantos.pm','<span style="font-style: italic;">[ more ]</span>' ]}</p>
187 <li>@{[ a_href 'http://www.amunra.co.uk/','Dave "AmunRa" Rigby' ]}
188 <p>Ok, I'm impressed (@{[ a_href 'http://www.amunra.co.uk/archives/000028.php','Captive Review' ]})</p>
189 <p>Linux software generally has a reputation for having some great, novell
190 ideas, but often lacking in the general 'spit and polish' - difficult to
191 install, unreliable, and so on. However the latest program I have tried out
192 - Captive, is a breath of fresh air - simple to install and set up, and It
193 Just WorksTM. And not only that, it's probably one of the most useful and
194 technically impressive projects I've seen in a long time ...</p>
195 <p><span style="font-style: italic;">[ snip ]</span></p>
198 <p>I commend you for this project. I am currently using this on my XP NTFS
199 partitions and I am impressed that I can actually move, edit, and remove files
200 and directories with no apparent ill effects. This is very nice indeed.</p>
201 <p>I initially was skeptical because it uses wine and parts of ReactOS
202 (I have messed with this OS a few times), but you have proved me wrong. I have
203 noticed no lag on my system. I do notice the initial mounting process does
204 take slightly longer than the Linux-NTFS project. But, once I'm past that, it's
205 quite transparent.</p>
206 <p><span style="font-style: italic;">[ technical question cut ]</span></p>
209 <p>Just wanted to drop you a note and say "Excellent work!"</p>
210 <p>I just installed captive and it worked as advertized right out of the
211 rpm. Thanks, I've been holding off recompiling my kernel until NTFS is
212 supported out of the box for Redhat. Now I don't have to bother.</p>
213 <p>Thanks again and keep up the great work.</p>
217 <h2 id="press">@{[ a_href 'Press.pm','Internet Press' ]}</h2>
222 <h1 id="notes">Installation Notes</h1>
223 <p>You should first run <b>captive-install-acquire</b> command to check your
224 available Microsoft Windows drivers versions. Now you can execute:</p>
227 <p class="quote" style="white-space: pre;"
228 ># captive-cmdline \\
229 --load-module=/var/lib/captive/ntoskrnl.exe \\
230 --filesystem=/var/lib/captive/ntfs.sys \\
231 --sandbox-server=/usr/sbin/captive-sandbox-server \\
232 --bug-pathname=/tmp/captive-bug-%FT%T.captivebug.xml.gz \\
233 --disk --rw /dev/hda1
234 # Now you can use ftp(1)-like command-line interface for the NTFS disk access.</p
236 <p>(Backslash end-of-line characters '\\' to be omitted for line continuation.)</p>
242 <p>Any errors from '<b>captive-lufs</b>' are written to '<b>/var/log/messages</b>'.</p>
243 <p>Needed drivers (at least ntoskrnl.exe+ntfs.sys) must be in '<b>/var/lib/captive</b>'.</p>
244 <p>'<b>captive</b>' package creates '<b>captive</b>' user and '<b>captive</b>' group on your system.</p>
247 <h2>LUFS Kernel Driver Module</h2>
249 <p>@{[ a_href 'http://lufs.sourceforge.net/lufs/','LUFS' ]} (Linux Userland File
250 System) needs Linux kernel module driver (<i>lufs.o</i>) compatible with your
251 running Linux kernel. The binary driver is supplied already precompiled for many
252 Linux kernel versions in the binary packages above (<b>.i386.rpm</b> and
253 <b>_i386.deb</b> archives).</p>
255 <p>If you cannot <b>mount</b>(8) your NTFS filesystem you should run <span
256 class="quote">/usr/share/lufs/prepmod</span> to see the reasons. It is always
257 recommended to upgrade to the latest stable kernel supplied by your GNU/Linux
258 distribution vendor. You may need to install package
259 <b>kernel-source</b> (Red Hat) or <b>kernel-headers</b> (Debian) matching your
260 Linux kernel version (<b>rpm -q kernel</b>) and re-run <span
261 class="quote">/usr/share/lufs/prepmod</span>.</p>
263 <p><b>WARNING:</b> This 'captive' package may modify your Linux kernel
264 sources matching your currently running kernel version. These minor
265 modifications may include a dependencies rebuild, compiling build tools, fixes of
266 several include files, etc. All the modifications are done at the mount(8) time
267 by the automatically executed <span class="quote">/usr/share/lufs/prepmod</span> script.
268 This behavior was not present in the original
269 @{[ a_href 'http://lufs.sourceforge.net/lufs/','LUFS' ]} distribution
270 by @{[ a_href 'http://www.malinux.net/main/','Florin Malita' ]}.</p>
276 print rightimg <<"HERE",'reactos','ReactOS',"a_href"=>'http://www.reactos.com/';
277 <h2>The First Open Source MS-Windows Kernel API for Free OS</h2>
279 <p>Compatibility with the existing binary Microsoft Windows file system drivers has been
280 reached. Microsoft Windows kernel system components required by these drivers
281 were analyzed and successfully emulated in the GNU/Linux operating system.
282 The project brings the Microsoft Windows kernel emulation framework to support even
283 other types of Microsoft Windows drivers in the future.
284 The <span class="productname">@{[ a_href 'http://www.reactos.com/','ReactOS' ]}</span>
285 code base proved to be a big asset for this functionality.</p>
289 my @lists=qw(captive-announce-list captive-list captive-devel-list);
293 <h2 id="lists">Mailing Lists</h2>
295 <form action="@{[ uri_escaped(path_web "/Mailman.pm") ]}" @{[ form_method "post" ]}>
296 <table border="1" class="mailman" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">
297 <tr>@{[ map('<th>'.$_.'@jankratochvil.net</th>',@lists) ]}</tr>
298 <tr><td>New version announcements<br />
299 (low traffic, recommended)</td>
300 <td>User support,<br />bug reports</td>
303 <tr>@{[ map({ "<td>".a_href($W->{"mailman_url"}."listinfo/$_",'Mailman Infopage')."</td>"; } @lists) ]}</tr>
304 <tr>@{[ map({ "<td>".a_href($W->{"pipermail_url"}."$_",'Archive')."</td>"; } @lists) ]}</tr>
306 map(('<td><input type="checkbox" name="list" value="'.$_.'"'
307 .($_ ne "captive-announce-list" ? '' : ' checked="checked"')
308 .' /> Subscribe?</td>'),@lists)
311 <table border="0" style="text-align: left;">
312 <tr><td>Email address: </td><td><input type="text" name="email" size="30" /></td></tr>
313 <tr><td>Your new Mailman password:</td><td><input type="password" name="pw" size="15" /></td></tr>
314 <tr><td>Reenter your password: </td><td><input type="password" name="pw-conf" size="15" /></td></tr>
317 <input type="hidden" name="back" value="/project/captive/#lists" />
318 <input type="submit" name="email-button" value="Subscribe me" />
327 <h1 id="seealso">See Also</h1>
329 <li>@{[ a_href 'Preview.pm','Technology Preview' ]}</li>
330 <li>@{[ a_href 'CVS.pm','Download Sources, CVS Repository' ]}</li>
331 <li>@{[ a_href 'doc/','Developer Documentation' ]}; highlights:<ul>
332 <li>@{[ a_href 'doc/About.pm#versions','Microsoft Windows Versions Compatibility' ]}</li>
333 <li>@{[ a_href 'doc/Architecture.pm#law','Laws and Licensing Conditions' ]}</li>
334 <li>@{[ a_href 'doc/Details.pm#sandbox','Sandboxing of W32 Filesystem' ]}</li>
335 <li>@{[ a_href 'doc/TODO.pm#todo_fsck','TODO: Fsck of NTFS' ]}</li>
336 <li>@{[ a_href 'doc/TODO.pm#todo_surprise','TODO: NTFS Support for Partition Surprise' ]}</li>
337 <li>@{[ a_href 'doc/Related.pm#LinuxNTFScompet','Related Projects - Linux NTFS' ]}</li>
338 <li>@{[ a_href 'doc/Related.pm#vmware','Related Projects - VMware Workstation' ]}</li>
339 <li>@{[ a_href 'doc/LinuxNTFS.pm',"Re: 7.7 Can't we write a wrapper for Windows' driver?" ]}</li>
341 <li>@{[ a_href $W->{"project_viewcvs"}.'/*checkout*/captive/TODO?rev=HEAD','Known Bugs' ]}</li>
346 'captive'=>[7,'Microsoft Windows NT kernel emulation for NTFS disk access'],
347 'mount.captive'=>[8,'mount(8) interface for NTFS disk access'],
348 'lufs-captivefs'=>[7,'Linux Userland File System module for NTFS as filesystem'],
349 'captive-cmdline'=>[1,'Command-line client for captive(7) NTFS disk access'],
350 ### 'captive-sandbox-server'=>[1,'Security+safety wrapper for NTFS disk access'],
351 'captive-install-acquire'=>[1,'Find MS Windows XP driver files for NTFS'],
352 ### 'captive-install-fstab'=>[1,'Manage captive-ntfs /etc/fstab entries'],
356 my $file=shift @mans;
357 my($section,$name)=@{shift @mans};
358 push @r,"<li>".a_href("man/$file.pod.html",$file)."($section) - $name</li>\n";
364 <li>@{[ a_href 'Resources.pm','Related Pages' ]}</li>
365 <li>@{[ a_href 'Thanks.pm','Thanks' ]}</li>