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From: "Arek" <james AT verge-rpg DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Can't create new file/directory
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 15:18:32 -0600
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> At 03:30 PM 1/31/2002, Arek wrote:
> >AFAIK, Cygwin doesn't use NT user permissions.
>
> Exactly what is the basis for this statement?  Have you read the user's
> guide?  The 'ntsec' option of the CYGWIN environment variable does a
> real nice job of maintaining user permissions in a POSIX way when used
> as directed.
>
Hrm...I hadn't looked into that much.

Perhaps,  then, this is related to how cygwin is reading the permissions.
It sees that this directory belongs to the user 'Everyone' (not everybody as
I said earlier...), and that that user (and only that user) has full
permissions on that directory.  In any case, the most likely solution is the
same:  Delete the directory using windows explorer and recreate it from
within cygwin.

James Potts
(james AT verge-rpg DOT com)



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