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Date:	Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:57:05 +0200
From:	Angelo Graziosi <angelo DOT graziosi AT alice DOT it>
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Subject:	Re: File permissions cygwin install
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Corinna Vinschen wrote:

 >
>> I don't beleieve it is supposed to be this way?
 >
> setup.exe creates the files with Windows default permissions. 
> Usually those are determined by the inheritable permissions of the
> parent directory in which you install the Cygwin directory.  

> Setup is a plain Win32 application which doesn't know about POSIX perms.

OK, this is known. But...

Is it supposed to be that way on Cygwin [1]?

Or we can adopt some workaround?

For example on Linux:
    drwxr-xr-x  3 root root    0 Jul  4 13:52 home

and similar for /lib, /usr...

While on Cygwin:
    drwxrwxrwx+  3 Administrator  Users 0 Jul  4 13:52 home


It should be at least:
    drwxr-xr-x  3 Administrator Administrators  0 Jul  4 13:52 home


or not?


Cheers,
    Angelo.


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[1] "a Linux-like environment for Windows".

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