X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RFC_ABUSE_POST,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20110617095306.GB5087@calimero.vinschen.de> References: <20110616124954 DOT GY12140 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <20110616145834 DOT GA21703 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <20110617095306 DOT GB5087 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:36:31 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Create file fails on network drives in cygwin-1.7.9-1 From: Pete Forman 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id p5HBanTD014355 On 17 June 2011 10:53, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > Btw., it would be an incredible good idea to change the permissions on > the remote drive to allow users to set or change the permissions of > files they created themselves.  Otherwise you end up with non-POSIX > permissions on the drive anyway, whether or not you're using "acl" or > "noacl" mount option.  If the network drives are not under your control, > try to persuade the admin.  If the admin is adamant, use the noacl mount > option for these drives.  You can also just change the cygdrive prefix > to use noacl on all drives.  See the User's Guide for how to do it. I've just sat down with the admin and confirmed that I do have Full Control on the network drive. Creating and modifying files is working fine outside Cygwin. chmod is failing with Permission denied in the same places that touch fails to create files. -- Pete Forman -- 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