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Re: Properly using ntsec, from the beginning
On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 08:30:41AM -0500, David Monk wrote:
> How would one go about doing a fresh install on NTFS, whether it be NT or
> 2000, and use the ntsec option of CYGWIN properly, without having to
> immediately change file and directory permissions throughout?
> IOW, is there a proven method to install Cygwin and get a proper filesystem
> tree with permissions on text files, configuration files, and executable
> scripts set similar to a typical UNIX filesystem? And also have proper
> permission manipulation within cygwin.
Setup.exe is not ntsec aware currently and since NT doesn't support
setting POSIX permissions by default, the answer is no.
Corinna
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