> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jan 16 11:36:06 2004 > Mailing-List: contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]; run by ezmlm > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: MS offers "Services For Unix" free of charge > > On Jan 15 00:38, Chris January wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 04:26:03PM -0500, Robb, Sam wrote: > > > >> But beyond curiosity, there's not many reasons to install and > > > >> use both, at least concurrently. Cygwin and SFU both address > > > >> the same needs and Cygwin covers a wider range of tools. We'll > > > >> see what happens though. > > > > > > > >One thing that Cygwin does lack, and SFU has, is an NFS client :-/ > > > >I know that alone will probably entice me into taking a look at > > > >SFU. > > > > > > It would be rather interesting to add nfs to cygwin. We could develop > > > filesystem "plug-ins" which could be generalized for stuff like NFS, > > > EXTFS, etc. > > > > > > Didn't someone say they had a free month? Perfect project. :-) > > > > Isn't the SFU NFS client an installable file system, i.e. you can use it > > anywhere in Windows, not just with the SFU stuff? > > Sort of. A couple of DLLs, one or more services get started. Then > you can access the NFS paths from any Windows application. > > The problem with that NFS client is this: > > Even though it allows mapping between UNIX user names (from the evil > "other" side) and Windows user names, it doesn't map the POSIX permission > bits into NTFS like permissions. If you look into the file property box, > you'll see no "Security" tab. The file access from Windows is a bit like > access to files on FAT partitions. The permissions are statically set in > an administration MMC snap-in. > > That's the unfortunate part which, for me, makes the NFS client in SFU > unusable. > > Corinna
In my XP SP1 box with SFU 3.5, the file property box has a "NFS Attribute" with the POSIX file permissions an it change dynamically. I dont understand what the problem is. Saudos, Benito. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
