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Subject: Re: `setfacl -m u:jdoe:rwx foo` returns 0, but file not writable by jdoe??
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On Jan  7 14:18, Tom Rodman wrote:
> On Sun 1/7/07 12:23 +0100 cygwin AT cygwin DOT com wrote:
> > On Jan  5 13:34, Tom Rodman wrote:
> > >   setfacl -m u:jdoe:rwx foo
> > > 
> > > Above command returns 0 but jdoe can not write.  The cause appears to
> > > be that the windows RO file attribute is not unset by setfacl.
> > 
> > I see the point.  That old DOS R/O attribute is SO crappy on a file
> > system which supports real permissions.  Oh well...
> 
> theory - these 2 steps will make *any* windows NTFS file,
> no matter what it's owner, group,  perms, or file attributes are,
> writable by user "jdoe" (assuming it's not "in use"):
> 
>   setfacl -m u:jdoe:rwx foo 
>     # running as administrator "jdoe"
>   cmd /c attrib -R foo 
>     # setacl step above allows the 'attrib' to work for user "jdoe"
> 
> I appreciate the power in setfacl. :->

I've applied a patch to Cygwin yesterday which resets the R/O attribute
if one ACE sets write permission.


Corinna

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