From: lhall AT rfk DOT com (Larry Hall) Subject: RE: bug in cp: Permission denied 7 Nov 1998 13:19:38 -0800 Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19981105155104.00a8a490.cygnus.gnu-win32@pop.ma.ultranet.com> References: <03F4742D8225D21191EF00805FE62B9993C68F AT mail DOT medstat DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: John Wiersba , "'gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com'" I get this with NT 4+SP4 and b19: HOME_lhall->touch 10101010 asdf HOME_lhall->chmod 444 asdf HOME_lhall->cp asdf fdsa1 HOME_lhall->cp -p asdf fdsa2 HOME_lhall->ls -lrt total 0 -r--r--r-- 1 544 None 0 Oct 10 10:10 asdf -r--r--r-- 1 lhall None 0 Oct 10 10:10 fdsa2 -r--r--r-- 1 544 None 0 Nov 5 15:46 fdsa1 HOME_lhall-> The only difference is touch seems to use the "default" group I'm in (Administrators) rather than my user id like yours does. This seems to point to a permissions problem (although I'm not sure I understand the behavior of touch either). Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com RFK Partners, Inc. (781) 239-1053 8 Grove Street (781) 239-1655 - FAX Wellesley, MA 02482-7797 http://www.rfk.com At 11:11 AM 11/4/98 -0500, John Wiersba wrote: >Can anyone reproduce this on a WinNT4 machine under b19 (or maybe under >b20)? > >$ touch 10101010 asdf >$ chmod 444 asdf >$ cp asdf fdsa1 >$ cp -p asdf fdsa2 >cp: fdsa2: Permission denied >$ ls -l >total 0 >-r--r--r-- 1 jrw jrwg 0 Oct 10 10:10 asdf >-r--r--r-- 1 jrw jrwg 0 Nov 4 09:57 fdsa1 >-rw-r--r-- 1 jrw jrwg 0 Oct 10 10:10 fdsa2 > >Note that the -p option correctly copies the timestamp, but that the >file access mode is NOT >copied (I assume that's why there's an error message). > >Why can't the file access mode be copied? > >I'm running b19 with coolview under WinNT, I don't know which service >pack, but the System Properties shows 4.00.1381. > >-----Original Message----- >From: John Wiersba [mailto:John DOT Wiersba AT medstat DOT com] >Sent: Monday, November 02, 1998 11:25 AM >To: 'gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com' >Subject: bug in cp: Permission denied > > >What's up with this? > >touch a >cp -p a b >cp: b: Permission denied > >The copy actually works, and the timestamp is copied, but not the >permissions. > >I'm running b19 with coolview on NT with everything binary-mounted. > >John Wiersba (john DOT wiersba AT medstat DOT com) >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message >to >"gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".