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Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 17:00:56 -0400
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Subject: Re: Problems with file permissions during a build
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On 6/21/2013 9:19 AM, Arjen Markus wrote:
> Hi Corinna,
>
> you seem to have hit the right spot. The parent directories had the
> permission ------
> according to Cygwin, but I could still enter them via cd. Things go
> wrong if under Cygwin
> a file gets _copied_ via cp or something similar that takes the file
> permissions according
> to POSIX from the parent file. Then the copy gets the same unuseable
> permissions,
> but this time for real (that is: Windows agrees that they should not
> be readable!)

Windows allows you to traverse directories you don't have access to by
default.

-- 
Larry

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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