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On 12/6/2012 9:15 PM, Chaz Littlejohn wrote:
> 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

something like this will change the default group from
513=none to 543=Users

  cat /etc/passwd | sed -e "s/:513:/:543:" > new_passwd

>> 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?

a workaround was already available on first link you provided

   chgrp -R Users ~/.ssh

>
> 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
>

something like this will change the default group from 513=none to 543=Users

  cat /etc/passwd | sed -e "s/:513:/:543:" > new_passwd




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