Re: Cygwin file permission issues

2010-06-30 Thread Derek Greer
Thanks Jeremy, this seems to have resolved the issue. For those who might stumble upon this in the future, here's exactly what I ended up doing: 1. Edit the /etc/fstab file 2. Added the following line (note: our install of Cygwin is on the X drive): X:/cygwin / ntfs override,binary,noacl 0 0

Re: Cygwin file permission issues

2010-06-30 Thread Derek Greer
> > Are you setting permissions in cygwin with a 2775 on directories? Its my > understanding the cygwin dll overwrites the windows permissions mode in favor > of its own. So then you have to use set gid or set uid on the directory > > Hope this helps > -R I haven't tried this, but wouldn't this

Re: Cygwin file permission issues

2010-06-30 Thread Jeremy Bopp
On 6/30/2010 11:27 AM, Derek Greer wrote: > I've run into a Cygwin permissions issue that I haven't been able to > resolve by looking through past discussions. > > When a file file or folder is created by a user under cygwin, it isn't > adhering to the permissions inherited by parent folders. Bas

Re: Cygwin file permission issues

2010-06-30 Thread Refr Bruhl
Are you setting permissions in cygwin with a 2775 on directories? Its my understanding the cygwin dll overwrites the windows permissions mode in favor of its own. So then you have to use set gid or set uid on the directory Hope this helps -R - Original Message From: Derek Greer