X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <44A41356.8040507@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:52:22 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20060112 Fedora/1.5-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Random Permissions Changes References: <44A40714 DOT 9040907 AT obbligato DOT org> In-Reply-To: <44A40714.9040907@obbligato.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com David Greene wrote: > When I started using Cygwin to access files on a Samba-mounted > drive, I suddenly started seeing the UNIX permissions change > randomly. At one point, every file I owned on the network was > set to mode 700, regardless of whether I accessed the file or > the directory that contained it under Cygwin. > > The other day some other files randomly had their execute bit set. > > Has anyone seen anything like this before? > Windows apps like to set the execute bit on files. Have any of the files you see this issue with been manipulated by Windows apps? -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/