add a section about Windows filename compatibility
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.\" Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Szabolcs Szakacsits.
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.\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License.
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.\"
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.TH NTFS-3G 8 "June 2007" "ntfs-3g @VERSION@"
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.TH NTFS-3G 8 "August 2007" "ntfs-3g @VERSION@"
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.SH NAME
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ntfs-3g \- Third Generation Read/Write NTFS Driver
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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streams and sparse files; it can handle special files like
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symbolic links, devices, and FIFOs; moreover it can also read
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transparently compressed files.
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.SS Access handling, security
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.SS Access Handling and Security
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By default, files and directories are owned by the effective
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user and group of the mounting process and everybody has
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full read, write, execution and directory browsing permissions.
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process drops the
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root privilege after successful mount and runs unprivileged
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afterwards.
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.SS Windows Filename Compatibility
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NTFS supports several filename namespaces: DOS, Win32 and POSIX. While the
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\fBntfs-3g\fR driver handles all of them, it always creates new files in the
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POSIX namespace for maximum portability and interoperability reasons.
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This means that filenames are case sensitive and all characters are
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allowed except '/' and '\\0'. This is perfectly legal on Windows, though
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some application may get confused. If you find so then please report it
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to the developer of the relevant Windows software.
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.SS Alternate Data Streams (ADS)
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All data on NTFS is stored in streams. Every file has exactly one unnamed
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NTFS stores all data in streams. Every file has exactly one unnamed
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data stream and can have many named data streams. The size of a file is the
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size of its unnamed data stream. By default, \fBntfs-3g\fR will only read
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the unnamed data stream.
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