X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <453701.95786.qm@web113509.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <453701 DOT 95786 DOT qm AT web113509 DOT mail DOT gq1 DOT yahoo DOT com> Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:47:21 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Cygwin file permission issues From: Derek Greer To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 > > Are you setting permissions in cygwin with a 2775 on directories? Its my understanding the cygwin dll overwrites the windows permissions mode in favor of its own. So then you have to use set gid or set uid on the directory > > Hope this helps > -R I haven't tried this, but wouldn't this just affect the owner of the file? If so, this isn't really what I'm after. What I'm looking for is a way to ensure that all files and folders created have full access for 'Domain Users'. -- 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