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Date:	Wed, 15 Jul 2015 11:32:18 +0300
From:	Andrey Repin <anrdaemon AT yandex DOT ru>
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To:	Sky Diver <skydivergm AT gmail DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: ACL Hell
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Greetings, Sky Diver!

> Hi, in the past several months or so, cygwin started giving me ACL
> pain in small surges which are gradually growing..

> Here's a basic scenario that is slowly, but surely, driving me NUTZ:

> $ ln -s /cygdrive/c/tmp /tmp
> ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘/tmp’: Operation not permitted

Are you running with superadmin credentials?
Unlike Linux, Windows doesn't let regular users make symlinks.


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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 11:30:47

Sorry for my terrible english...

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