On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 11:51:31AM +0100, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > * Dierk Schmedes (2003-10-31 10:15 +0100) > > Problem: nearly each tool that the create or modify a file/directory (e.g. cp, > > touch, setfacl) ignore the ALCs of the current directory or add further > > users/groups to it. > > > Example > > /home/dierk has the following ACLs (listed with xcalcs.exe from the MS > > resource > > kit; same with Explorer) > > > xcalcs F:/cygwin/home/dierk > > f:\cygwin\home\dierk <domainname>\dierk:F > > NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)(IO)R > > > Now I create a new file (e.g. touch /home/dierk/newfile). Everyone expect that > > the file has the same rights as my home folder /home/dierk, [...] > > Why? Cygwin doesn't support ACLs and inheritance - including Windows > ACLs. And "cp" or "touch" don't either - "umask" is the thing they > ask.
Cygwin does support ACLs, but only in a POSIX sense. Plus a funny (but incomplete if it comes to inheritance) implementation of Solaris ACLs. Cygwin is not Windows but POSIX on top of Windows. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
