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Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 10:54:00 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: 1.5.13-1 : can't cd anywhere with non-admin account
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On Mar  4 10:29, Fran?ois-David Collin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I upgraded from 1.5.12 to 1.5.13, and it seems that with a non-admin
> account, I can't "cd" anymore : any cygwin programs trying to access
> something from the "/" got a Permission denied error.

1.5.13 has changed to using "traverse checking" by default which means,
it now checks not only the permissions of the files and directories
the application is accessing, but also the permissions of the parent
directories (well, as far as Windows is doing the "right thing"(tm)).

If you can't set POSIX-compatible permissions on your directory tree
for some reason, try setting the environment variable CYGWIN to
contain the word "notraverse".


Corinna

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