Re: File permissions when using ACLs

2014-03-11 Thread Achim Gratz
Charles Plager writes: > * Anybody else experience files that lose all permissions? Any > suggestions on resetting the file (short of reformatting the drive)? Ahem. Yes, that has happened once to me. I don't know how the IT guys fixed it exactly, but they eventually deleted that file without f

Re: File permissions when using ACLs

2014-03-11 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Mar 11 08:40, Charles Plager wrote: > Hi Andrey, > > I understand that Cygwin is emulating POSIX permissions (and, yes, we > already turn this off using the /etc/fstab). What I don't understand > is why it uses "special" permissions and not the standard "read/write" > options that are availabl

Re: File permissions when using ACLs

2014-03-11 Thread Charles Plager
Hi Andrey, I understand that Cygwin is emulating POSIX permissions (and, yes, we already turn this off using the /etc/fstab). What I don't understand is why it uses "special" permissions and not the standard "read/write" options that are available. One possibility I just though of: Cygwin uses s

Re: File permissions when using ACLs

2014-03-11 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Charles Plager! > Short version: When writing to network drives (and probably local > ones) as Cygwin is setup by default, we see the permissions being set > using the ACLs where "creator owner" is given "full control" and > "creator" group are given "read/execute", but by setting "spe

File permissions when using ACLs

2014-03-11 Thread Charles Plager
Hi, Short version: When writing to network drives (and probably local ones) as Cygwin is setup by default, we see the permissions being set using the ACLs where "creator owner" is given "full control" and "creator" group are given "read/execute", but by setting "special permissions" instead of ju