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diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml index 8c1835645..504a3e763 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ must create the whatis database. Just run the command </answer></qandaentry> <qandaentry id="faq.using.chmod"> -<question><para>Why doesn't chmod work?</para></question> +<question><para>Why doesn't <literal>chmod</literal> work?</para></question> <answer> <para>The most common case is that your <literal>/etc/passwd</literal> @@ -288,6 +288,10 @@ or <literal>/etc/group</literal> files are not properly set up. If or <literal>mkgroup</literal>, you need to run one or both of those commands. </para> +<para>If you're using FAT32 instead of NTFS, <literal>chmod</literal> +will fail since FAT32 does not provide any security. You might consider +converting the drive to NTFS with <literal>CONVERT.EXE</literal>. +</para> <para>For other cases, understand that Cygwin attempts to show UNIX permissions based on the security features of Windows, so the Windows ACLs are likely the source of your problem. See the Cygwin User's @@ -398,7 +402,6 @@ lines to your <literal>~/.inputrc</literal> file and restart <literal>bash</lite set output-meta on set input-meta on set kanji-code sjis - set meta-flag on </screen> <para>These are options to the <literal>readline</literal> library, which you can read |