On Aug 2 19:05, Shaddy Baddah wrote: > Hi, > > On 02 Aug 2013 18:31+1000, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >Correction, not only NTFS. Here's the source code comment: > > Sorry, yes I forgot that it was coded to let Windows make the decision. > > >>Unfortunately, in providing EXFAT, Microsoft has not seen fit to carry > >>over the same handling in the kernel as it does in NTFS. > > > >ExFAT is based on FAT/FAT32, so it's understandable. I don't have ExFAT > >available. Assuming your ExFAT drive is drive X:, can you please show > >me the output of > > > > /usr/lib/csih/getVolInfo.exe /cygdrive/x > > > >If it returns different values than FAT, it might be worth to handle > >specificially in Cygwin's mount code. > > This is the output for L: drive, which is not a physical but logical > volume formatted EXFAT. Hopefully it doesn't alter the > characteristics/attributes. With a bit of extra effort, I could try with > a physical device (format a spare USB stick EXFAT through Windows): > > $ /usr/lib/csih/getVolInfo.exe /cygdrive/l > Device Type : 7 > Characteristics : 121 > Volume Name : <> > Serial Number : 1211155165 > Max Filenamelength : 255 > Filesystemname : <exFAT> > Flags : 6 > FILE_CASE_SENSITIVE_SEARCH : FALSE > FILE_CASE_PRESERVED_NAMES : TRUE > FILE_UNICODE_ON_DISK : TRUE > FILE_PERSISTENT_ACLS : FALSE > FILE_FILE_COMPRESSION : FALSE > FILE_VOLUME_QUOTAS : FALSE > FILE_SUPPORTS_SPARSE_FILES : FALSE > FILE_SUPPORTS_REPARSE_POINTS: FALSE > FILE_SUPPORTS_REMOTE_STORAGE: FALSE > FILE_VOLUME_IS_COMPRESSED : FALSE > FILE_SUPPORTS_OBJECT_IDS : FALSE > FILE_SUPPORTS_ENCRYPTION : FALSE > FILE_NAMED_STREAMS : FALSE > FILE_READ_ONLY_VOLUME : FALSE > FILE_SEQUENTIAL_WRITE_ONCE : FALSE > FILE_SUPPORTS_TRANSACTIONS : FALSE > > >Well, from my POV, yes. It doesn't make sense to use ExFAT for serious > >work anyway, it's for SD cards and stuff like that. > > I understand that. It's just that after years of being frustrated with > moving files around various NTFS partitions and fighting with > ownership/permission issues, especially where Cygwin work > files/directories are involved, I've decided that I should PoC a brave > new world. > > That being giving up on security through file/folder ACLs, and just > mount FAT32 (or the candidate EXFAT) fs via as an encrypted logical > volume. > > My Cygwin work will be access that way. If I need to move it, I move > the encrypted file only. > > But I have to admit that the "con" of losing case-preservation is a > weighty one. [...]
Giving up on security but wanting case sensitivity... so why not use NTFS with the noacl mount option where necessary? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
