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Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 15:15:21 -0500
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Subject: Re: Bug in Cygwin Windows 8 group permissions
From: Chaz Littlejohn <chaz AT pokeit DOT co>
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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

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