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Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 10:25:42 +0000
From: Chris January <chris AT atomice DOT net>
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François-David Collin wrote:
> Corinna, thanks you very much! the "notraverse" keyword did the trick.
> 
> I don't really understand what do you mean by "it checks the
> permissions of the parent directory"... As long as I can "traverse"
> with windows acls in the windows world (and it is presently the case)
> I should be able to do the same with cygwin semantics, right?

Windows has traverse checking off by default. This means a user can 
access their home directory, for example, without being given access to 
to the parent directory or the root of the drive. It's a security 'feature'.

Chris

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