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Re: cygwin 1.3.10 + win2k + fat32 + chmod prob
- From: Tim Gunter <tgun at bioscrypt dot com>
- To: Randall R Schulz <rrschulz at cris dot com>
- Cc: tim dot gunter at bioscrypt dot com, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 10:04:16 -0700
- Subject: Re: cygwin 1.3.10 + win2k + fat32 + chmod prob
- References: <20020513093603.B1344@TGUN> <5.1.0.14.2.20020513094132.00b08ce8@pop3.cris.com>
- Reply-to: tim dot gunter at bioscrypt dot com
On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 09:48:22AM -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> Tim,
>
> For FAT volumes, you need "ntea" (NT Extended Attributes) in your CYGWIN
> environment variable and you must be prepared for the creation of a large
> auxiliary data file that holds the attribute information that the file
> system itself does not.
>
> As with "ntsec," "ntea" must be present in the CYGWIN environment variable
> _before_ the Cygwin DLL loads, so the Environment control panel is the
> place to set it. Thus it will _never work_ to set "ntea" from within a
> Cygwin application. If you have Cygwin processes running as services, then
> put the CYGWIN setting in the System environment, not just a per-user
> environment.
yup, ive tried "ntea". i set it in the windows system control panel as
a system variable, rebooted, and chmod still fails.
im a little mystified as to why it used to work in the first place(with ntsec
on a fat partition).
-tim
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