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Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 15:44:43 -0500
To: "Arek" <james AT verge-rpg DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: Can't create new file/directory
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At 03:30 PM 1/31/2002, Arek wrote:
>AFAIK, Cygwin doesn't use NT user permissions.

Exactly what is the basis for this statement?  Have you read the user's
guide?  The 'ntsec' option of the CYGWIN environment variable does a 
real nice job of maintaining user permissions in a POSIX way when used
as directed.


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