X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4883B326.8030805@cygwin.com> Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:50:30 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Lightning/0.8 Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: File permissions cygwin install References: <4881AC61 DOT 7030807 AT alice DOT it> In-Reply-To: <4881AC61.7030807@alice.it> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Angelo Graziosi wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > >>> I don't beleieve it is supposed to be this way? > > >> setup.exe creates the files with Windows default permissions. Usually >> those are determined by the inheritable permissions of the >> parent directory in which you install the Cygwin directory. > >> Setup is a plain Win32 application which doesn't know about POSIX perms. > > OK, this is known. But... > > Is it supposed to be that way on Cygwin [1]? > > Or we can adopt some workaround? > > For example on Linux: > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Jul 4 13:52 home > > and similar for /lib, /usr... > > While on Cygwin: > drwxrwxrwx+ 3 Administrator Users 0 Jul 4 13:52 home > > > It should be at least: > drwxr-xr-x 3 Administrator Administrators 0 Jul 4 13:52 home > > > or not? > Doing so would likely remove the ability that we have now the allows users pre-create the installation directory with the permissions they want to have for the entire tree. So adding the additional functionality you speak of to 'setup.exe', while possible, comes with additional costs beyond the obvious (of just implementing your idea). -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/