X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=jArekJu sXQC1E1msLQONLVxZcXHf8Nk+WF9fXdOHfMWAOmBals4vWBjOrXhjUoCKLHelpOZ Y1PEv8GY9xLHzs5sFfjryJOP+9KU2NBW9oPxMGqizu/0Kw+5fbsBMMoElkApQBns qukp/tPksmky4X5FXIic/6xj1NFzXXmhqWyk= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-type; s=default; bh=VkR0mtqcOY/1k 8lb3W9d8bAKsbs=; b=e+dlYevCRkTwmCbWBTeZm/7eIa7ZcjJFuMzpQM8ttziIp 9v/VL7WoaRcJcCaOQm92gHB8eW0XX4Z9E8/JZhagxUrD/U2EJ4YWIONdp//5+X0A H8E7jIPa9wktx+YmZ7aH+s8afpKq1jxAhEeos+eV/y3sEa65Bmn2pfb5Kep/YM= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=Admin, Hx-languages-length:1091, million, H*f:sk:hZPGSCZ X-HELO: mail-wm0-f45.google.com X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to; bh=2xWRC7vNp2Xp/tUSa1bfaui6qTbyKQGueRfdUUm4ojk=; b=cUFkxA3ZXnAzNFAKde/vat28eBb+C0TvhQi/6nhW12gPJuHVI4if5mgUvN/8c4XLH1 THniRynFWowWi2zdRRd03EN397NnZDGtIFnLICr7qbsgzH+TJJMo0xVm6xMPT3X929wp 2/b9F7/tpcdB4vnvpoFeMcOjZ9ebS2XuYP0j6vOdtJTaUS7SIJ3qKJViSx9wGWX/CEdW x7ZcPlD6HQAk4bdUsvPP2oq1ZuS3FGKFwzwVg5YKU1nHV2LFgE2bBNSmzMgGfas8g/2c 6uHZqRk+GmSkXso4phby/ZyNafAaUkU3X7E2MLlWhlpSj8RXTwX2bQFtoBVONR8oVTSA bLnw== X-Gm-Message-State: AKaTC03wOZn0iBAY8ZcG+1v+1RWBrLmuqbFXMea6uksfmn727jMNOYEuiZffB9VjhWeOnsLXrmN0xW8N8ihzyA== X-Received: by 10.46.71.210 with SMTP id u201mr32279803lja.69.1481149713269; Wed, 07 Dec 2016 14:28:33 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Erik Soderquist Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 17:28:32 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: permission question To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 5:08 PM, Greg Freemyer wrote: > If I'm going to relegate rsync to the trash bin due to it not > supporting Windows permissions well enough to be useful, I've got > other Windows recursive copy tools I use that don't preserve > permissions either. I still use rsync in cygwin, just not on things that have "separate" windows permissions > I can't tell you how much I love Windows security permissions. :( Same! > In the mean time I have a huge number of folders now on my destination > drive I need to delete. (over a million files it seems). > > Neither cygwin, nor windows says I have permission to delete them. > > Any idea how I can do it short of reformating. This will obliterate the permissions, so you are aware up front... In the Windows security dialog, go to advanced --> owner, and forcibly take recursive ownership of the tree. On annything you do not have access to, Windows should prompt you to overwrite the security so you do have access. Local Admin is required to be able to do this. -- Erik -- 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