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On Jul 5 10:59, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Jul 5 12:21, Bill Metzenthen wrote:
> > What should I ask the system administrator to change so that cygwin
> > will once again work on this drive?=C2 Perhaps there is some new setting
> > (or an old one which has somehow changed) for cygwin that I have
> > failed to notice?
>
> If you want to discuss this with your admin, the problem is this: When
> Cygwin 1.7.9 tries to create a file on a filesystem which supports ACLs,
> it requests WRITE_DAC permissions in the open call. WRITE_DAC is the
> access right you need to create the permission bits in the file's ACL,
> what you see in Explorer under the Security tab.
>
> Now, in some environments, the settings of the shares are so, that this
> right is apparently not granted, even for the creator of the file.
> But, as far as earlier reports go, there seem to be no indication of
> this in the ACL. As I mentioned above, I experimented with this
> myself, but I have never managed to reproduce this setting on the=20
server.
> So I neither know how this setting looks like, nor if there's a way
> to recognize such a share.
>
>Btw, if you're going to discuss this with your admin, and if you figure
>out what server setting is the culprit, I would be glad if you could
>share the information with us. It might be a great help in developing
>Cygwin further.
>
>
>Thanks,
>Corinna
Hello Corinna
I've run into the same problem on a DFS filesystem, and I asked our=20
admins about the settings. Please find a screenshot here:=20
http://titlis.org/serversettings.png
The reason why "change permission" (=3DWRITE_DAC) was disabled: Our admins=
=20
don't want to allow "take ownership" to everybody, since in the past users=
=20
managed to set the rights such that even the admins couldn't access the=20
file anymore. Since "take ownership" automatically enables "change=20
permissions", WRITE_DAC is thus disabled too.
hope that helps
best regards, Kusi
PS: your workaround works fine, too
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