On 01/08/11 09:56, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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On 2011-07-29 05:18, Basil Chupin wrote:

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This makes sense of course. But it does sound a bit paradoxical to have these masks applying to windows partitions when they are not applied to linux partitions where they permissions play a vital part. (I'm just musing and not asking for an explanation - some things are best left alone :-) .) The explanation is very simple.

Linux partitions do not use a mask because permissions are native to them. Windows partitions do not have linux permissions, so the system has to fake them. You use a mask on the mount options to specify what permissions to fake.

Ah, best explanation I have read :-) . Thanks for this. Now I am more enlightened than I ever was over the past 10 years :-) . (Have you seen this article?- http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2098053/microsoft-internet-explorer-users-headed?WT.rss_f=&WT.rss_a=Microsoft+Internet+Explorer+users+are+thick+headed ) BC -- Paradise is like Hell and neither is too far from you because both are creations of your mind and therefore both are already inside you. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org