From:	cgf AT bbc DOT com (Christopher Faylor)
Subject:	Re: cygwin32-b18, coolview, mingw32... (NBY)
5 Feb 1998 05:58:05 -0800 :
Message-ID:	<Enwr0w.1JK.cygnus.cygwin32.developers@bbc.com>
References:	<01BD3235 DOT 15147680 AT gater DOT krystalbank DOT msk DOT ru>
Reply-To:	cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com
To:	cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com

In article <01BD3235 DOT 15147680 AT gater DOT krystalbank DOT msk DOT ru>,
Sergey Okhapkin  <cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com> wrote:
>Paul At Home. wrote:
>>Geoffrey Noer wrote:
>>> One question: shouldn't we change things so the default mount table
>>> goes into the system-wide location if none exists already?
>
>>      From my point of view - _NO_.  It is very convinient
>>      to have behaviour that is currently implemented
>>      by you (Sergey).
>
>Geoffrey, Paul is the person, who asked me about system-wide mount table 
>feature. I think the same - cygwin.dll should not modify system-wide table, 
>just read it. Global table should be modified by system administrators and 
>installers only.

I was under the impression that what Geoffrey was essentially suggesting
was that the system wide mount table should be set up when cygwin is
first installed.

Also, is there a mount option to modify the system mount table or will
this require manual registry editing?
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