On Dec 18 15:51, Karl M wrote: > Hi All... > > It appears to be file permissions related. The link being broken looks like > it is because the read only bit on the shortcut file (the .lnk file) is > getting turned off. Even though this first getfacl shows write access, the > read only box in the windows properties is checked. after the chown -h the > windows properties box says not a valid link. After the chmod -R 755, the > windows properties shows it as a valid shortcut, but the read only box is > unchecked. After a chmod -R 555, the read only box is checked and Cygwin > thinks it is a symlink again. > [...]
Still, I can't reproduce this. I tried all variations I could think of, but I couldn't break the symlink using Cygwin coreutils chmod and chown tools. The only way I was able to break the symlink was by using the native Windows tool "attrib" to reset the readonly bit. Are you sure you're using Cygwin's chmod/chown? Did you try to run them under strace and see what happens? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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/
