X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,KHOP_RCVD_TRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=hohKodqFGjenlHATChp3h+Lhkjsa+8q7mbLTUhuWPjc=; b=ah9+VZIoPzQWg08poui1mEFVeFDM2241foQOCtaewMjD/FGNqfjyBHegKwpbsrwRGb PUwhHgsRJFxedN2YMLVA972VZ4Ogm9fn9tsXvOTNZhJYpOsxLDRjrE+Gcsa4F9L5P33q 2BIXAf02qK3u1YsZUdbuOFndj+gUgQVuoGva9/dcEA39d/WDW2o2JshmvXtzlAvGLFL+ 1xw06zIgvHTEvGPU/XrOT0xKvWDj2NVgK+KkuDpE37/EbpEBk2CkOy8rAbDFpwoW8rTl bVXcjt9Dr7mZn1L2qWu7Q+4pzC04Jl7Gwb3cHBIX6CK+ybwAEQKoFCks76LifS944OAq b4DA== MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 15:15:21 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Bug in Cygwin Windows 8 group permissions From: Chaz Littlejohn To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkIpAeDzmD2G7OL8k55Fcq30TsZ4d2xFUozP0sFUPqahU/RwLfFwyXyS7Y594CRKq4+f7NG 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 On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Chaz Littlejohn wrote: > Hi, > > Wanted to check to see if you were aware of this permissions bug when > using Cygwin in Windows 8: > > http://superuser.com/questions/397288/using-cygwin-in-windows-8-chmod-600-does-not-work-as-expected > http://superuser.com/questions/363141/using-git-through-cygwin-on-windows-8 > > I was hoping I could run chgrp and chmod like the workaround > described, but chgrp only works if the full Cygwin is installed on > your system. We bundle several of the Cygwin utilities (rsync.exe, > cypath.exe, ssh.exe, ssh-keygen.exe) in with our application rather > than forcing users to install Cygwin. This had been working for all > Windows versions up until Windows 8. > > Do you know when a fix would be available? Cleared things up with the licensing folks. We'll be updating our terms and linking to the proper source files shortly. Any ideas regarding the above question? Chaz -- 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