X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:50:27 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Problems with file permissions and cp when running on Vista Message-ID: <20080729095027.GT29031@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <4889B696.70304@teamwpc.co.uk> <4889ECCB.2030805@cygwin.com> <488DA96E.5060101@teamwpc.co.uk> <488E0CE9.80708@cygwin.com> <488ECB92.7040901@teamwpc.co.uk> <20080729091927.GB29930@calimero.vinschen.de> <488EE12E.8070709@teamwpc.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <488EE12E.8070709@teamwpc.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Jul 29 10:21, Tom Quarendon wrote: > >> cp only copies POSIX permissions. This is consistent with POSIX >> semantics which states that when copying a file the POSIX ACL isn't >> copied as well. Having file permissions set for "authenticated users" >> but not for the actual owner is Win32 semantics. There's no 1:1 >> translation. >> >> > Which rather renders cygwin cp unsuitable for our task which is a shame. You're using Cygwin cp outside of POSIX specs. What do you expect? Cygwin is not native Windows and never claimed so. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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/