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Re: no output from net.exe


On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 03:46:05PM -0500, Alex BATKO wrote:
> 
> +-------------------
> | "ntea" makes you have less usable disk space- it creates a big file 
> | IIRC. I don't know if it just creates the file on FAT, or if the file is 
> | only undeletable on FAT. "ntsec" works on NT and NTFS.
> +-------------------
> 
> 
> But on the CYGWIN User's Guide, the warning under the 'ntea' option says
> that the option "may create additional large files on non-NTFS partitions.
> 
> And I am using an NTFS partition, so there should be no such problems.

ntea just uses the HPFS like extended attributes to simulate
file permissions.  ntsec uses the NTFS ACLs to set real
permissions.

But whom do I tell that.  If you read the user guide you surely
read also http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html.

Corinna

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