Index: ntea.cc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/winsup/cygwin/ntea.cc,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -p -2 -r1.3 ntea.cc
--- ntea.cc	2000/09/08 02:56:54	1.3
+++ ntea.cc	2001/05/10 15:29:19
@@ -86,8 +86,4 @@ int __stdcall
 NTReadEA (const char *file, const char *attrname, char *attrbuf, int len)
 {
-    /* return immediately if NTEA usage is turned off */
-    if (! allow_ntea)
-      return FALSE;
-
     HANDLE hFileSource;
     int eafound = 0;
@@ -255,10 +251,6 @@ NTReadEARaw (HANDLE hFileSource, int *le
 
 BOOL __stdcall
-NTWriteEA (const char *file, const char *attrname, char *buf, int len)
+NTWriteEA (const char *file, const char *attrname, const char *buf, int len)
 {
-  /* return immediately if NTEA usage is turned off */
-  if (! allow_ntea)
-    return TRUE;
-
   HANDLE hFileSource;
   WIN32_STREAM_ID StreamId;
Index: path.cc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/winsup/cygwin/path.cc,v
retrieving revision 1.137
diff -u -p -2 -r1.137 path.cc
--- path.cc	2001/05/09 18:59:10	1.137
+++ path.cc	2001/05/10 15:29:20
@@ -2421,4 +2421,24 @@ symlink (const char *topath, const char 
 		    && WriteFile (h, w32topath, win_len, &written, NULL)
 		    && written == win_len;
+	  char root [MAX_PATH];
+	  char fsname [MAX_PATH];
+	  DWORD fsflags;
+	  strcpy (root, win32_path);
+	  if (rootdir (root) ||
+	      GetCurrentDirectory (sizeof (root), root) && rootdir (root))
+	    {
+	      if (!GetVolumeInformation (root,
+					 NULL, 0,
+					 NULL, NULL,
+					 &fsflags,
+					 fsname, sizeof (fsname)))
+		debug_printf ("error getting fs type for %s: %E", root); 
+	      else if (strncasematch (fsname, "NTFS", 4))
+		{
+		  if (!NTWriteEA(win32_path, SYMLINK_EA_NAME,
+				 topath, strlen (topath) + 1))
+		    debug_printf ("error writing EA");
+		}
+	    }
 	}
       else
@@ -2703,4 +2723,12 @@ symlink_info::check (char *path, const s
       if (!sym_check)
 	goto file_not_symlink;
+
+      if (sym_check > 0 &&
+          (res = NTReadEA (suffix.path, SYMLINK_EA_NAME, contents, sizeof (contents)) - 1) > 0)
+	{
+	  pflags = PATH_SYMLINK;
+	  debug_printf ("got symlink from ea: %s", contents);
+	  goto out;
+	}
 
       /* Open the file.  */
Index: path.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/winsup/cygwin/path.h,v
retrieving revision 1.26
diff -u -p -2 -r1.26 path.h
--- path.h	2001/04/17 23:12:11	1.26
+++ path.h	2001/05/10 15:29:20
@@ -129,4 +129,6 @@ class path_conv
 #define SYMLINK_COOKIE "!<symlink>"
 
+#define SYMLINK_EA_NAME ".CYGSYMLINK"
+
 /* Socket marker */
 #define SOCKET_COOKIE  "!<socket >"
Index: security.cc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/winsup/cygwin/security.cc,v
retrieving revision 1.46
diff -u -p -2 -r1.46 security.cc
--- security.cc	2001/04/30 21:19:42	1.46
+++ security.cc	2001/05/10 15:29:20
@@ -545,5 +545,8 @@ get_file_attribute (int use_ntsec, const
     return 0;
 
-  res = NTReadEA (file, ".UNIXATTR", (char *) attribute, sizeof (*attribute));
+  if (allow_ntea)
+    res = NTReadEA (file, ".UNIXATTR", (char *) attribute, sizeof (*attribute));
+  else
+    res = 0;
 
   /* symlinks are everything for everyone!*/
@@ -869,5 +872,5 @@ set_file_attribute (int use_ntsec, const
     attribute |= S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO;
 
-  if (!use_ntsec || !allow_ntsec)
+  if (allow_ntea && (!use_ntsec || !allow_ntsec))
     {
       if (!NTWriteEA (file, ".UNIXATTR",
Index: security.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/winsup/cygwin/security.h,v
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -p -2 -r1.7 security.h
--- security.h	2001/04/30 21:19:42	1.7
+++ security.h	2001/05/10 15:29:20
@@ -103,3 +103,3 @@ extern SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES *__stdcall se
 
 int __stdcall NTReadEA (const char *file, const char *attrname, char *buf, int len);
-BOOL __stdcall NTWriteEA (const char *file, const char *attrname, char *buf, int len);
+BOOL __stdcall NTWriteEA (const char *file, const char *attrname, const char *buf, int len);