On Fri, 13 Jun 2025 at 21:52, Brian Inglis via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote: > > On 2025-06-13 06:09, Lionel Cons via Cygwin wrote: > > /usr/bin/setfacl is broken in 3.7.0-0.127.g2029784e05d9 > > > > my testcase: > > lionel$ uname -a > > CYGWIN_NT-10.0-19045 halcyonrenard17 3.7.0-0.127.g2029784e05d9.x86_64 > > 2025-06-10 12:15 UTC x86_64 Cygwin > > lionel$ mkdir nfstmp1 > > ionel$ setfacl -m g::rwx nfstmp1 > > setfacl: Permission denied > > ionel$ setfacl -m g:None:rwx nfstmp1 > > setfacl: Permission denied > > > > This was working in Cygwin 3.5 > > No changes have been made to the utility for five years,
Are you sure? Isn't this tool part of coreutils? > but a lot of changes > have been made to the DLL since 3.5. > > Could you please install current stable cygwin 3.6.3, retest and report, lionel$ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-10.0-19045 halcyonrenard17 3.6.3-1.x86_64 2025-06-05 11:45 UTC x86_64 Cygwin lionel$ setfacl --version setfacl (cygwin) 3.6.3 POSIX ACL modification utility Copyright (C) 2000 - 2025 Cygwin Authors This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ## testing with a file: lionel$ rm -f myfile && touch myfile && setfacl -m g::rwx myfile # works ## testing with a dir: lionel$ rm -Rf mydir && mkdir mydir && setfacl -m g::rwx mydir setfacl: Permission denied So in Cygwin 3.6.3 setfacl for files works, but not for dirs > to try > and narrow down the issue occurrence to changes in major version 3.6 or 3.7, > or > better to minor versions if you have the space and time? How can I install each Cygwin minor version (not just the Cygwin *.dll, I mean EVERYTHING including dependencies)? Lionel P.S.: Testing /usr/bin/setfacl.exe is not part of the CI, right? -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
