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Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:31:00 -0800
From: "Koichi Yamaguchi" <yamaguchi DOT koichi AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: symlink problem
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Hi Larry,

Oh, I get it. Thanks a lot.
Have a nice holiday season!

Koichi

On 12/18/06, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
> Koichi Yamaguchi wrote:
> > Hi Larry,
> >
> > Thank you. It worked.
> > Now I figured out that if a folder, in which cygwin will be installed,
> > doesn't include SYSTEM user permission, installation program
> > cannot set appropriate attribute to symbolic links automatically.
>
>
> That's a "feature" of Windows which can be disabled.  If you bring up the
> properties tabs for the parent directory and disable inheritance of
> permissions on the permissions tab, you won't see this behavior.  An
> alternative is just what you did.
>
>
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