Subj : Re: sending to a fido address in thunderbird
To   : Nightfox
From : Gamgee
Date : Thu Aug 11 2022 15:19:00

-=> Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Ga> Well, I'm very confused by his whole story, but right there above he
 Ga> said "the make completed". That implies a Linux build, not a Windows
 Ga> installer wizard. He has actually never stated whether this was on
 Ga> Windows or Linux, which makes the whole thing rather suspect in my
 Ga> opinion. He may just be a SBBS-hater telling tall tales...

 Ni> Yeah, it's confusing.  He had mentioned using the installer,
 Ni> which made me think he was trying the Windows version.  But I did
 Ni> get confused when he said it messed with his folder permissions..
 Ni>  Windows does have file/folder permissions, but they're not the
 Ni> same as in *nix operating systems (in Windows, I think the
 Ni> permissions would only apply to sharing the folder - though even
 Ni> locally, I think you can also prevent certain user accounts from
 Ni> accessing a folder).

Agreed.  In either case (Linux or Windows), installing SBBS does 
*NOTHING* to *ANY* directory permissions.  Nothing.



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