Nothing can overcome thins until setup.exe is modified to support noacl option in /etc/fstab or get a similar comman line parameter or even a checkbox.
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Harie Ram <hari.ra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Do creating any entries in /etc/passwd or /etc/group or /etc/fstab > files can overcome this... > > Thanks > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Vasya Pupkin <cyg...@bsrealm.net> wrote: >> Cygwin uses NTFS ACLs to imitate POSIX style permissions. It can also >> be configured to not touch ACL's at all, but setup program ignores >> that and messes up permissions every time something is >> installed/updated. >> >> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Rolf Campbell >> <rcampbell-cyg...@dragonwaveinc.com> wrote: >>> On 2010-09-01 04:00, Harie Ram wrote: >>>> >>>> The issue that I am currently facing is : the modify permissions given >>>> to the INSTALLDIR "C:\Cygwin" using the msi lock permission table is >>>> being inherited through all the subfolders and files. Any new manually >>>> created folders and files anywhere within C:\Cygwin via Windows >>>> explorer or via the Cygwin Bash Shell are inheriting permissions. But >>>> any new installations done by the user by choosing a package from the >>>> Cygwin list are not inheriting the permissions. The installed user who >>>> installs the package has full permissions to delete/modify the folder >>>> and its contents . But the local admin/administrator/system does not >>>> have permissions. It gives an access denied error. These 3 user groups >>>> administrators/system/users are not even being listed in the security >>>> properties of those installed folders. >>> >>> AFAIK, Cygwin uses POSIX style file permissions, which do not support any >>> type of inherited file permissions. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >>> >>> >> >> -- >> 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 >> >> > > -- > 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 > > -- 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
