X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4B70EBDE.3070703@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:14 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: MoveFileW succeeding with cygwin 1.7.1 where it failed with cygwin 1.5.25? References: <8DC676DEED33454A9B5D962E4CB26638 AT pleaset> In-reply-to: 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 On 02/08/2010 11:48 PM, David Byron wrote: > On 8-feb-10 David Byron wrote: > >> I've found a difference in behavior between cygwin 1.5.25 >> and cygwin 1.7.1 that I don't understand. Renaming a file >> using MoveFileW fails with access denied under cygwin >> 1.5.25 as expected, but it works under 1.7. > > I figured out the difference. My executable that calls MoveFileW spawned by > the version of bash I've got in my cygwin 1.7.1 installation has > SeDebugPrivilege and SeBackupPrivilege enabled. With the version of bash > I've got in my cygwin 1.5.25 installation those privileges are disabled. So your user must be part of the administrators group then. Adminstrators have access even when permissions are set to deny them, just like on Linux. -- 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? -- 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