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Update "why doesn't chmod work" with hint from Corinna.

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David Starks-Browning 2000-11-22 13:07:14 +00:00
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@ -117,12 +117,18 @@ Install this too.
@samp{ntea} works on NTFS @emph{and} FAT but it creates a huge,
@strong{undeletable} file on FAT filesystems.
(The @samp{ntsec} and @samp{ntea} settings are values for the
@samp{CYGWIN} environment variable. See the Cygwin User's Guide at
@file{http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net.html} for more
information on this variable and its settings.)
There is no solution at all for Windows 9x.
These are settings for the @samp{CYGWIN} environment variable. See the
Cygwin User's Guide at
@file{http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net.html}
for more information on this variable and its settings.
If you have an application that requires a certain permission mode on a
file, you may be able to work around this requirement by modifying the
application's source code. For a hint, based on work done by Corinna
Vinschen for OpenSSH, see this message from the cygwin mailing list:
@file{http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2000-11/msg01176.html}.
@subsection Why doesn't @samp{mkdir -p} work on a network share?