X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <474B9BE8.80500@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:24:08 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Why do file permissions change after editing a file with vim? References: <20071110080026.GB8564@numb.ca> <4739EB80.7060103@cygwin.com> <20071127031948.GA1388@numb.ca> In-Reply-To: <20071127031948.GA1388@numb.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Ross Jordan wrote: > It would seem Larry Hall (Cygwin), on Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 01:22:56PM -0500, wrote: >> Ross Jordan wrote: >>> When I modify files with cygwin's vim, they become inaccessible. It seems >>> the >>> permissions are getting changed when I save the file. Any idea why this is >>> happening? This does not happen from a bash shell, only when I directly >>> launch vim from a windows cmd.exe window. See below. >> The same steps on XP don't show the same problem. Can't test Vista here. >> >> Does setting 'nontsec' in your CYGWIN environment variable (and stopping >> all >> Cygwin processes)? > > Setting CYGWIN=nontsec solves the problem for me. Sounds like you're suffering from: If so, an alternate "solution" is to not work in your Windows home directory (under c:\users). -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/