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From: Graucsh <jgogolin AT tampabay DOT rr DOT com>
Subject: Re: Questions on cygwin filemode in WindowsXP
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 11:56:49 -0500
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Graucsh

Yufeng Xiong wrote:
> Thanks David for the help.
> 
> The getfacl/setfacl command works fine.
> And the setting change in xmeacs also works.
> 
> I'm using WindowsXP @Home, it does not seem to have anything available for
> changing file permissions from Windows itself, does anybody know how to do
> it ?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Rothenberger" <daveroth AT acm DOT org>
> To: "Yufeng Xiong" <yufengxiong AT comcast DOT net>
> Cc: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 10:15 AM
> Subject: Re: Questions on cygwin filemode in WindowsXP
> 
> 
> 
>>Yufeng Xiong wrote:
>>
>>
>>>1. What is the '+' in the file mode? I know it has something to do with
> 
> file
> 
>>>permission, after
>>>the editing, my web server/PHP does not have permission to open test.php
>>>anymore
>>>
>>
>>I believe the "+" indicates that there are some Windows permissions that
>>do not map to the Unix-style user/group/other.  For example, if I create
>>a new file using cygwin (say, with touch), and then open the file's
>>properties with Windows and explicitly add permission for another user
>>to modify the file, I see the "+".
>>
>>
>>>2. How do I set the '+' in mode manually? I used 'fstat' on the two files
>>>and it shows the exact
>>>same mode (o100700).
>>>
>>
>>Well, you can copy all the file attributes from one file (sourceFile) to
>>another (destFile) with a command like this:
>>
>>% getfacl - sourceFile | setfacl -f- destFile
>>
>>
>>>3. Why xemacs changed the file mode? Could it be because of different
> 
> file
> 
>>>system?
>>>
>>
>>Do "M-x customize-apropros" on "backup-by-copying".  The default
>>behavior is to move the old file to the backup file and then create a
>>new file.  If you set this option on (non-nil), the backup copy will be
>>made as a copy and the original file will be modified.  This will
>>preserve the extra file permissions on the original file (although the
>>backup copy won't have them).
>>
>>HTH,
>>Dave
>>
> 
> 
> 


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