> -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Korn > Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 8:26 > > Jason Pyeron wrote: > > >> Jason Pyeron wrote: > >>> On the local disk, C:\Documents and Settings\All > >>> Users\workspace\nitams\x.txt > >>> > >>> In wordpad I choose save and I get access denied. > >> Please report bugs in wordpad to Microsoft, not us. > (Well, I guess > >> you did tag it OT!) > > > > It is many applications, including Sun's java, wordpad, > etc... Pretty > > much everything I have tried except Cygwin apps fail. Since only > > Cygwin apps work I am asking here. > > Bear in mind that files created by Cygwin apps use POSIX > permission schemes: > rwx/ugo. This is handled by setting windows access > permissions on the files. > If you chmod a file to remove 'w' perms in cygwin, you won't > be able to overwrite it in windows apps either. > > >>> 22:29:45 wordpad.exe:2664 QUERY INFORMATION > >> C:\Documents and > >>> Settings\All Users\workspace\nitams\x.txt SUCCESS Attributes: HA > > >>> Any ideas where to start on this? > >> Clear the "hidden" attribute from x.txt? > > > > Yes, that and the readonly attribute are clear. > > According to your log file above, it has the hidden and > archive attributes set. I ran a quick test using wordpad to > edit C:\autoexec.bat, which comes with the hidden attribute > on by default; wordpad reports permission denied if you try > and save the file. If you clear the attribute, wordpad saves it ok. > Cygwin apps don't care about the DOS attributes, only the > ACLs. So I think you need to double-check. >
Upon double checking, (I needed to fix the issue and I did not preserve tings so well in the panic) there are no current hidden attributes set, but windows apps now can save to the file. Good to know. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
