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Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 13:40:37 +0100
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From: David Starks-Browning <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: chmod does not work as expected
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Some time ago Chris wrote to me requesting a FAQ entry:

On Saturday 2 Sep 00, Chris Faylor writes:
> FAQ alert.
> 
> We need something that discusses why "chmod doesn't work" along with
> some discussion of ntsec and ntea.

Along with this "answer":

> ntsec will allow UNIX perms on Windows NT on NTFS file systems.
> 
> ntea works on NTFS and FAT but it creates a huge (undeletable) file on
> FAT filesystems.
> 
> There is no solution at all for Windows 9x.

Is this enough?  Does this answer the question completely?  If not,
could someone contribute a more thorough explanation?

I don't use ntsec myself, so I don't know what the issues or
limitations are.

Thanks for your help.

Cheers,
David


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