On Nov 10 00:44, aputerguy wrote: > I'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature.
It's Windows. > But I find the following differences between *nix and cygwin on access > permissions of 'ls' > > Test case: > > $ mkdir -p dir1/dir2 > $ chmod 700 dir1 > > <switch to a another non-root/non-admin user> > > $ ls -d dir1 > dir1 [both Linux & Cygwin] > > $ ls dir1 > ls: cannot open directory dir1 Permission denied [both Linux & Cygwin] > > $ ls -d dir1/dir2 > ls: cannot access directory dir1/dir2 Permission denied [Linux] > dir1/dir2 [Cygwin] > > No acl's beyond the standard ugo posix permissions are set on either system. > The Cygwin user only belongs to the 'None' and 'Users' group. > > In particular, why is a non-privileged Cygwin user able to look over a > blocked directory further into a file tree? http://www.google.com/search?q=%22bypass%20traverse%20checking%22 Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
