X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RFC_ABUSE_POST,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20110617095306.GB5087@calimero.vinschen.de> References: <20110616124954.GY12140@calimero.vinschen.de> <20110616145834.GA21703@calimero.vinschen.de> <20110617095306.GB5087@calimero.vinschen.de> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:36:31 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Create file fails on network drives in cygwin-1.7.9-1 From: Pete Forman To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id p5HBanTD014355 On 17 June 2011 10:53, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > Btw., it would be an incredible good idea to change the permissions on > the remote drive to allow users to set or change the permissions of > files they created themselves.  Otherwise you end up with non-POSIX > permissions on the drive anyway, whether or not you're using "acl" or > "noacl" mount option.  If the network drives are not under your control, > try to persuade the admin.  If the admin is adamant, use the noacl mount > option for these drives.  You can also just change the cygdrive prefix > to use noacl on all drives.  See the User's Guide for how to do it. I've just sat down with the admin and confirmed that I do have Full Control on the network drive. Creating and modifying files is working fine outside Cygwin. chmod is failing with Permission denied in the same places that touch fails to create files. -- Pete Forman -- 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