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