In message <8d88949b53.Alan.Adams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Alan Adams <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In message <4l0FhjB+4nXSFw++@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi, >> Might be a false memory, but ISTR on one version of RISC OS that >> dialogue for setting file permissions, only allowed setting, it did not >> show the current setting for the file. You'd change the values, and then >> the dialogue would come back showing whatever the defaults were. > I just tried it on 5.16 on the Iyonix. > With a file on the ADFS filesystem, the settings do change when the > control is re-entered. We are using 5.19 on the arminiX and the same user setup as we have done for years. Whilst the work is stored on a Win machine all the work is generally done on the RISC machine. We are using !Omni and while it may not be perfect it has not caused any problems (that I'm aware of) in the past. > With a file on LanMan98 (2.00 05-Oct-2008) the settings are always > shown the same. Whether this is the default I don't know, but looking > at the Windows side, I can see no evidence that it has changed > anything. > I have been assuming that LanMan maps the Windows permissions to the > RISC OS ones. I can't see anywhere to store the RISC OS specifis > information within Windows. -- Ross and Bev McGuinness, Cinnamon Coloureds Farm Cottages 1800 South Coast Hwy DENMARK WA 6333 Tel:+61 8 9848 1781 Web: http://www.denmarkwa.com.au/cc/ To unsubscribe or subscribe goto: //www.freelists.org/list/davidpilling