On Dec 17 16:21, john doe wrote: > On 12/17/2018 1:15 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > On Dec 17 13:06, john doe wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm trying to understand why a copied file from 'C:\' into > >> /home/user/try doesn't have the permissions set for 'other' (see below). > > > > POSIX "other" == Windows "Everyone". Windows default permissions > > typically don't give permissions to "Everyone". Thus POSIX "other" > > has no permissions by default after copying such a file. > > > > Thank you, it works: > > PS C:\> & icacls try.txt /grant "*S-1-1-0:(GA)"
Just FTR: You can do this in Cygwin the POSIX way: chmod o+r try.txt combined with -R for recursive tasks and with find(1) loops for more complex scenarios. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Cygwin Maintainer
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