X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 19:13:36 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Nasty permissions / pathing bug on 1.7 Message-ID: <20091201181336.GG8059@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <4B12FB72.9090206@x-ray.at> <270B141F0B5B480C9A668369AA2C53A3@liv3dworkpc> <5E63D05B501C4339A7D7F8909505E828@multiplay.co.uk> <4B15556A.4080108@gmail.com> <20091201173036.GE8059@calimero.vinschen.de> <30397F695F2C4913B332511F9A2E839A@multiplay.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <30397F695F2C4913B332511F9A2E839A@multiplay.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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 Dec 1 18:03, Steven Hartland wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Corinna Vinschen" > > >That's by design. When you use Win32 paths, instead of POSIX paths, > >you will get Win32 default permission handling. Or, in other words, > >for all DOS paths the mount mode is "noacl". > > Ok that begs the questions:- > 1. What was the reasoning behind this change? Win32 path -> No POSIX path -> no POSIX permissions. There was a thread on this list about this very problem a couple of months ago. It was generally agreed that handling Win32 paths this way consistently is a good thing. > 2. Surely when performing changes on permissions with a mount mode of > noacl it should be a fatal error? No. "noacl" means that permissions are faked. > #2 I think is imperative as to leave the user thinking all is well > is going to lead to real confusion, just like it did here, especially > as this worked just fine in 1.5. > > I know the warning is there but at no point does it mention the fact > it totally breaks anything that tries to manipulate permissions. It's easy. If you want POSIX permssion handling, stick to the POSIX world. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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