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Date:	Tue, 14 Aug 2001 12:54:32 -0400
From:	Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To:	Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
CC:	cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: readonly, NTFS, and file metadata
References:	<3B783E6E DOT 2546DF0 AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu> <3B7954F7 DOT 2060209 AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>

Charles Wilson wrote:

> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> 
>  > Is it true that the problem can be restricted to files
>  > which are actually owned by the current user???
> 
> Not entirely.  I've done some checking on SolarisX86, and given a file 
> 'foo' owned by someone else and a group I do not belong to:


I forgot to say, foo is -r--r--r--.

> 
> cp -p foo bar
> 
> bar is now owned by me and my group, but has the same timestamp as foo.
> 
> mv foo baz
> 
> baz is still owned by the other user, other group.  (I have write 
> permissions on & ownership of the enclosing directory)


--Chuck

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