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Re: ntsec vs ntea


--- Matt Swift <swift@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> I have been using Cygwin with a value CYGWIN="ntsec ntea binmode
> tty"
> for a long time under Win2k and WinXP with NTFS hard drives.  On
> rereading the documentation, it seems to me that the "ntea" and
> "ntsec" values select different solutions to the same problem, and
> that there is no reason to set both.  Is this a correct
> interpretation?  Which method is used when both flags are set? 
> Which
> is the best one to use?  If I switch to using just one of them,
> will I
> encounter any problems due to having used the other?

You only need ntea if your hdd's are FAT, otherwise ntsec is quite
sufficient for your needs.  I have no idea what happens when you set
both flags on NTFS, other then waste space.

Cheers,
Nicholas

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