X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:52:19 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: UNZIP: Why don't .exe/.dll files get eXecute privs? Message-ID: <20090815085219.GA13648@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <806a89db0908140943k3d5a9f41k559c45ec82fb8983 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <4A863C1A DOT 60305 AT cwilson DOT fastmail DOT fm> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A863C1A.60305@cwilson.fastmail.fm> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-02-20) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Aug 15 00:39, Charles Wilson wrote: > Andrew DeFaria wrote: > > > Why would DLLs need execute? > > because otherwise windows will refuse to load them, and the application > you just launched which needs that DLL will fail with an ugly message > about "Failed to initialize: 0xc0000005". 0xc0000022, STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple