Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 09:41:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Pierre Phaneuf <pp AT 55-174 DOT hy DOT cgocable DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: A few FS notions
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On Mon, 5 May 1997, Mark Habersack wrote:

> > 3. Some files have bare-bones FAT permissions, others have owner-group-world
> >    flags; do we have to map them all down to a "readonly" bit appropriate
> >    for that user?  Or make up owner-group-world bits (e.g. from a default
> >    umask to use Unix terminolgy).
> That would depend on the target file system. In case of FAT, you have no 
> choice - just the R/O bit...

He means to ask which system is the "visible" one, i.e. show Unix-like
permissions all the time and make them up when the FS doesn't have them
(like DJGPP "ls" does for example), or show FAT-like R/O based on the
current user for FS supporting permissions...

I vote for showing Unix-like permissions and faking them with weak
filesystems.

Pierre Phaneuf