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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 14:10:00 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Some useful permission setting scripts
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On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 12:59:59PM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote:
> Max Polk wrote:
> > WARNING:  If you omit "administrators" then if you reinstall Windows,
> >           you can NEVER, NEVER, EVER get to the file again, even as
> >           administrator!  (SOLUTION: use partition magic, convert
> >           your drive to "FAT32" drops the bad permission, then
> >           convert your drive back to "NTFS" which sets default
> >           permissions letting you get to your files again).
> 
> Not true.
> Let me introduce you to an easier way...
> 
> As an Administrator, simply "Take ownership" ( Properties > Security >
> Advanced > Owner, and set it to yourself or Administrators ).
> You can now edit the permissions.

Or even use `chown' in Cygwin as administrator.
Btw., you can also use Cygwin's setfacl instead of cacls.

Corinna

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