Submitted 14-Nov-00 by Ronnie Whipp: > cp works just fine for that; Yes, if you want to copy real files (not symlinks) and don't care about the permissions, then backing up/copying to a FAT file system is fine. But the additional information required for links and permissions is not present in a FAT file system. > I also have my ISP primarily installed in W98, > but I access the mail directories and address book from linux via soft > links. Right, but the symlinks are not on the FAT partition, they only refence files on the FAT partition. > Didn't work properly under LM7.0, as all the directories in the dos > partition had 0755 permissions, but with 7.1 they're 0777. Matter of mounting options. > I installed using 'Welcome to Crackers'security and added passwds later, if > that makes any difference. That's why your options defaulted to giving you wide open access to the FAT partitions. -- Anton Graham GPG ID: 0x18F78541 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RSA key available upon request An optimist believes we live in the best world possible; a pessimist fears this is true.
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