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Date: | Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:35:36 -0500 |
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Subject: | Re: Why do file permissions change after editing a file with vim? |
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I see this with an ARM cross compiler that had to be set to run with admin privileges (or else Vista would prevent it from running). All my generated objects were owned by me, but has zero for the permission mask. So it could be that, or perhaps more likely, that you installed cygwin under a different uid. On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 01:22:56PM -0500, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > Ross Jordan wrote: > >When I modify files with cygwin's vim, they become inaccessible. It seems > >the > >permissions are getting changed when I save the file. Any idea why this is > >happening? This does not happen from a bash shell, only when I directly > >launch vim from a windows cmd.exe window. See below. > > The same steps on XP don't show the same problem. Can't test Vista here. > > Does setting 'nontsec' in your CYGWIN environment variable (and stopping all > Cygwin processes)? > > <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html> > > -- > Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX > Holliston, MA 01746 > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > A: Yes. > > Q: Are you sure? > >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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