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Jeremy Bopp <jeremy <at> bopp.net> writes:

> Take a look at the noacl option.  You'll want to apply that to whatever
> mountpoint contains the target path of your copy operation.  If you want
> to be surgical in the application, create a new mountpoint with this
> option set and copy your files into paths within it.  Otherwise, you can
> apply it to the cygdrive mountpoint so that the option applies to any
> path under /cygdrive and UNC paths.
> 
> I'm not sure if it's possible to change the mount options of /,
> /usr/bin, or /usr/lib since those mountpoints are implicitly defined.
> Setting this option on them would probably break things anyway.  If your
> target path is currently something like /home/whatever, set up a new
> mountpoint with the noacl option and copy to that instead.

Ah, now, THAT did the trick.

I left the default cygdrive alone and created a new mountpoint with the noacl 
option. Now it does exactly what I want it to when files are uploaded into that 
directory.

Thanks again, Jeremy!


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