X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4883B326.8030805@cygwin.com> Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:50:30 -0400 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 Lightning/0.8 Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: File permissions cygwin install References: <4881AC61.7030807@alice.it> In-Reply-To: <4881AC61.7030807@alice.it> 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 Angelo Graziosi wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > >>> I don't beleieve it is supposed to be this way? > > >> setup.exe creates the files with Windows default permissions. Usually >> those are determined by the inheritable permissions of the >> parent directory in which you install the Cygwin directory. > >> Setup is a plain Win32 application which doesn't know about POSIX perms. > > OK, this is known. But... > > Is it supposed to be that way on Cygwin [1]? > > Or we can adopt some workaround? > > For example on Linux: > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Jul 4 13:52 home > > and similar for /lib, /usr... > > While on Cygwin: > drwxrwxrwx+ 3 Administrator Users 0 Jul 4 13:52 home > > > It should be at least: > drwxr-xr-x 3 Administrator Administrators 0 Jul 4 13:52 home > > > or not? > Doing so would likely remove the ability that we have now the allows users pre-create the installation directory with the permissions they want to have for the entire tree. So adding the additional functionality you speak of to 'setup.exe', while possible, comes with additional costs beyond the obvious (of just implementing your idea). -- 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/