On Dec 3 14:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello! > > I have made a file test.txt in d:temp and removed all Windows permissions > from it. > Consequently, I cannot access the file from Windows Explorer or cmd.exe. > > However, if I try the following from a cygwin bash I get the contents of the > file > $cat /cygdrive/d/temp/test.txt > > How can cygwin bypass the windows file permissions, if I have even removed > SYSTEM from the Acl: > $ ls -l test.txt > ---------- 1 Administratoren SYSTEM 3058 May 4 2006 test.txt > > $ getfacl.exe test.txt > # file: test.txt > # owner: Administratoren > # group: SYSTEM > user::--- > group::--- > mask:rwx > other:--- > > $ cacls test.txt > d:temptest.txt
Cygwin opens files with the FILE_OPEN_FOR_BACKUP_INTENT flag, so you get root-like file access privileges if you're working under an admin account. 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/
