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Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:47:27 -0800
From: Steven Monai <steve+cygwin AT monai DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: Why do 'find' and 'ls' act differently on ACLs
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aputerguy wrote:
> Why do 'ls and 'find' seem to treat the ACL restrictions differently.

They definitely should not. If they do, then there's a bug to be squashed.

> Specifically, 'ls /c/Documents and Settings/Administrators' works
> while 'find /c/Documents and Settings/Administrators' returns:
>    find: `/c/Documents and Settings/Administrator/': Permission denied

I cannot replicate this behaviour.

Can you provide a minimal test case that reliably demonstrates what
you're seeing? A short script that creates some data, sets some
particular ACLs, and then invokes 'ls' and 'find' would be ideal.

-SM
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