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Subject: Re: chmod again
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:54:25 -0400
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Looks like we could use another FAQ update to encompass this information
about 'ntea' and FAT32.

Larry

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From: Christopher Faylor cgf AT redhat DOT com
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:41:32 -0400
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: chmod again


On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 12:39:15AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 11:47:39PM -0400, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc.)
wrote:
>>I tried 'ntea' here on 1.3.22 and it works fine for me on FAT (see below).
>
>I duplicated the error on FAT32 but it works on FAT.  Weird.  Maybe EA
>isn't implemented on FAT32?  Remember that FAT32 didn't exist until...
>hmm...  was it XP or 2000?

Yep.  Microsoft KnowledgeBase seems to indicate that CYGWIN=ntea won't
work on FAT32.

Sorry about the erroneous info.  I guess that means there's currently
no way to handle posix-style permissions on a FAT32 volume.

cgf

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