On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 09:29:42AM +0100, Elfyn wrote: >>The problem: I couldn't set 'ntea' to work properly in this >>configuration. 'ntsec' is ok, on XP's NTFS, but no chown & co. on >>FAT32. > >The nt* cygwin environment variable options only work on ntfs >partitions because of their extensive permissions structure, so it >would not work on fat32...
Sorry, but no. CYGWIN=ntea is supposed to work on FAT and FAT32 partions. I don't know why it wouldn't be working in this scenario. -- Please do not send me personal email with cygwin questions. Use the resources at http://cygwin.com/ . -- 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/