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authorCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2000-12-19 20:14:34 +0000
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* cygwinenv.sgml: Add text for `smbntsec' option.
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@@ -52,11 +52,21 @@ This option only operates under Windows NT. Defaults to not set. </para>
<listitem>
<para><FirstTerm>(no)ntsec</FirstTerm> - if set, use the NT security
model to set UNIX-like permissions on files and processes. The
-file permissions can only be set on NTFS partitions. FAT and SAMBA doesn't
+file permissions can only be set on NTFS partitions. FAT doesn't
support the NT file security. For more information, read the documentation
in <citation>ntsec.sgml</citation>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
+<para><FirstTerm>(no)smbntsec</FirstTerm> - if set, use `ntsec' on remote
+drives as well (this is the default). If you encounter problems with NT shares
+or Samba drives, setting this to `nosmbntsec' could help. In that case the
+permission and owner/group information is faked as on FAT partitions.
+A reason for a non working ntsec on remote drives could be insufficient
+permissions of the users. Since the needed user rights are somewhat dangerous
+(SeRestorePrivilege) it's not always an option to grant that rights to users.
+However, this shouldn't be a problem in NT domain environments.</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
<para><FirstTerm>(no)reset_com</FirstTerm> - if set, serial ports are reset
to 9600-8-N-1 with no flow control when used. This is done at open
time and when handles are inherited. Defaults to set.</para>