This is the mail archive of the cygwin@cygwin.com mailing list for the Cygwin project.


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]
Other format: [Raw text]

Re: cygwin 1.3.10 + win2k + fat32 + chmod prob


On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 09:48:22AM -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> Tim,
> 
> For FAT volumes, you need "ntea" (NT Extended Attributes) in your CYGWIN 
> environment variable and you must be prepared for the creation of a large 
> auxiliary data file that holds the attribute information that the file 
> system itself does not.
> 
> As with "ntsec," "ntea" must be present in the CYGWIN environment variable 
> _before_ the Cygwin DLL loads, so the Environment control panel is the 
> place to set it. Thus it will _never work_ to set "ntea" from within a 
> Cygwin application. If you have Cygwin processes running as services, then 
> put the CYGWIN setting in the System environment, not just a per-user 
> environment.
yup, ive tried "ntea". i set it in the windows system control panel as
a system variable, rebooted, and chmod still fails.

im a little mystified as to why it used to work in the first place(with ntsec
on a fat partition).

-tim

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]