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From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: shared_info::init_obcaseinsensitive implemented incorrectly
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On Feb 21 12:55, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> 
> 
> Please, don't http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU
> 
> 
> On Feb 21 11:34, Nick Lowe wrote:
> > I really should subscribe to get individual messages and not just the
> > digest so that I can reply properly. Sorry!
> > 
> > > Just call NtOpenDirectoryObject on \\SYSTEMROOT, rather than NtOpenSymbolicLinkObject.
> > 
> > I would have thought that NtOpenSymbolicLinkObject would have been the
> > more correct approach as the object expected is a symbolic link. No?
> 
> Depends on what you define as correct.  Since you only call the function
> to find out the state of case sensitivity and don't need the handle,
> why not use a function which you know fails in a specific way?
> 
> > >That's not an off-chance.  It works for all admin accounts.
> > 
> > Hmm, strange. Unless the query (0x1) symbolic link specific access
> > right is specified, I always get STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED. With it
> > specified, it succeeds as an administrator or fails otherwise.
> 
> I missed that.  You're right, with a 0 access mask it fails with
> STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED.  Well, it works one way or the other, right? :)

I applied a matching patch:

  http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-cvs/2012-q1/msg00115.html


Thanks,
Corinna

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