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Re: chmod does not work as expected
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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