X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4A9EEE62.5020305@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:14:58 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 1.7: cygdrive files readonly by default References: <7e917c730909020710i2fc5afeence456eb5300f722@mail.gmail.com> <7e917c730909021430j65d0bee9h5e7091e9dd82c065@mail.gmail.com> <4A9EE630.1040903@cygwin.com> <7e917c730909021506w2480f5fctaace18f6d93bbb0a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7e917c730909021506w2480f5fctaace18f6d93bbb0a@mail.gmail.com> 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 On 09/02/2009 06:06 PM, Vince Indriolo wrote: > Thanks, Larry. What I mean by external file is a file created by > Windows (not created in the cygwin environment). Files that are > writable in windows appear to be readonly (000) in the bash shell. I > assume that because they're owned by me I can chmod them to modify > them. As a non-domain user, you should be able to create a file in Windows and see that you have access to that file in Cygwin without modifications. Try this at a DOS prompt (and not in bash or other Cygwin shell): echo foo > foo ls -l foo When I do this on my home machine where I'm working as a local user, I see: -rwx------+ 1 lhall None 6 Sep 2 18:08 foo -- 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? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple