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Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Jan 24 18:40, David Billinghurst wrote:
>> I am having a problem with the access() function in cygwin-1.7.
>> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38956
>> [...]
>> Under cygwin-1.5
>> $ ./test_access
>> access = -1
>>
>> Under cygwin-1.7
>> $  ./test_access.exe
>> access = -1
> 
> I assume you mean "access = 0" under 1.7.  If that's what you see, the
> test probably works as designed.  You're running the test under an
> administrative account.  Admin accounts have always the right to write,
> same as under Linux.  
> 
> 
> Corinna
> 

The account does have Local Administrator rights.  Thank you for the 
explanation.

	David

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