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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 12:18:51 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: No permissions on files created outside Cygwin
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On Apr 12 11:44, daniel DOT steinmann AT ubs DOT com wrote:
> When I create a file outside Cygwin (for example with native gVim), the
> file is created with no permissions. Example:
> 
>   pidde2 AT w01b1k85 ~
>   $ ls -l _viminfo 
>   ----------+ 1 pidde2 domain users 30770 Apr 12 11:19 _viminfo
> 
> I see the the default umask outside Cygwin is '0000':
> 
>   pidde2 AT w01b1k85 ~
>   $ cmd /c bash -c umask
>   0000
> 
> The ACL of this file is as follows:
> 
>   pidde2 AT w01b1k85 ~
>   $ getfacl _viminfo 
>   # file: _viminfo
>   # owner: pidde2
>   # group: domain users
>   user::---
>   group::---
>   group:SYSTEM:rwx
>   group:Administrators:rwx
>   mask:rwx
>   other:---

What does calcs print on this file?  How are the permissions set on your
home directory?  It looks as if the inheritence of permissions is set
somewhat strange on your machine.


Corinna

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