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Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 21:38:33 +0000 (UTC)
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Jeremy Bopp <jeremy <at> bopp.net> writes:

> By default Cygwin tries to emulate POSIX file permissions:
> 
> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html
> 
> You can disable this by modifying your /etc/fstab file and adding the
> appropriate options to cause the target locations for your files to have
> the necessary options:
> 
> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
> 
> Specifically, you may need to modify the settings for the cygdrive
> mountpoint:
> 
> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#cygdrive

Jeremy,

I guess I spoke too soon. I'm not really sure which fstab options are 
appropriate  here. Are you suggesting modifying the cygdrive mount, or 
adding a new one with some different options?

I'm not really clear how to proceed here or which are the relevant options.



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