"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.
HTH, Peter Alex BATKO wrote: > +------------------- > | At 12:59 PM 1/18/2002, Alex BATKO wrote: > | >Is that OK ? I need 'ntea' to effectively use chmod. > | > | Not if you're working on NTFS partitions you don't. You're *much* better > | off using 'ntsec'. You can see the user guide if you're curious about > | this setting. Of course, if you're running on a FAT partition and need > | chmod to work there, then you're stuck with 'ntea'. > +------------------- > > > The windows machine in question is running Windows 2000, and is using NTFS. > Look at this: > > {1} cd /tmp/ > {2} ls -l > total 0 > {3} echo $CYGWIN > binmode ntea > {4} umask > 077 > {5} touch blah > {6} ls -l > total 0 > -rw------- 1 ntroot Administ 0 Jan 18 14:38 blah > {7} chmod 644 blah > {8} ls -l > total 0 > -rw-r--r-- 1 ntroot Administ 0 Jan 18 14:38 blah > {9} export CYGWIN='binmode ntsec' > {10} ls -l > -rwxrwxrwx 1 Administ Administ 0 Jan 18 14:38 blah > {11} export CYGWIN='binmode ntea' > {12} ls -l > -rw-r--r-- 1 ntroot Administ 0 Jan 18 14:38 blah > {13} export CYGWIN='binmode ntsec' > {14} ls -l > -rw------- 1 ntroot Administ 0 Jan 18 14:39 blah > {15} chmod 755 blah > {16} ls -l > total 0 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 ntroot Administ 0 Jan 18 14:39 blah > > > This experiment shows that 'ntea' and 'ntsec' can both set > permissions properly on NTFS. It also shows that the modes will > look different from 'ntsec' if set by 'ntea' (and visa versa). > > I don't know what you mean by saying that it's much better > to use 'ntsec' on NTFS. I realize that the Cygwin User's Guide > (http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html) > about the CYGWIN environment variable states that with 'ntsec' > set, the file permissions can only be set on NTFS partitions. > > The guide also says that the 'ntea' option only operates under > Windows NT (but clearly, it operates under Windows 2000). > > But the guide doesn't say that one is better. I may be completely > missing something (in reading and knowledge), so please advise... > > I apologize in advance if I am wrong about what I have written. > > -- > 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/ > > -- Your mouse has moved. Windows NT must be restarted for the change to take effect. Reboot now? [OK] -- -- 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/