Add mount options "uid=<value>" and "windows_names" in fstab for NTFS partitions by default during Ubuntu installation

Bug #1455737 reported by Amr Ibrahim
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Bug Description

By default after Ubuntu installation, permanently-mounted NTFS partitions don't allow files to be moved to the Rubbish Bin. They have to be permanently deleted.
"uid=xxxx" sets the owner of files and directories so that the NTFS partition could create a ".Trash-xxxx" directory and the user could move files to the Rubbish Bin easily. The uid could be of the first user.

"windows_names" prevents files, directories and extended attributes to be created with a name not allowed by Windows. This is helpful in dual boot with Windows.

Also, there are "hide_hid_files" and "hide_dot_files" which are useful in dual boot with Windows.
A summary of the options that ntfs-3g accepts http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-manual/#6.

The line in fstab would be:
UUID=<value> /<mount_point> ntfs-3g defaults,uid=<value>,windows_names,locale=<locale> 0 0

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: mount 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-52.86-generic 3.13.11-ckt18
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-52-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat May 16 08:53:25 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-20 (390 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
SourcePackage: util-linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote :
Phillip Susi (psusi)
affects: util-linux (Ubuntu) → partman-partitioning (Ubuntu)
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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote :

"hide_hid_files" hides the hidden files and directories in directory listings. The hidden files and directories being the ones whose NTFS attribute have the hidden flag set.

"hide_dot_files" sets the hidden flag in the NTFS attribute for created files and directories whose first character of the name is a dot.

tags: added: wily
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