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 -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- 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/
