Re: New FAQ entry about permissions since Cygwin 1.7.34

[Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu>]

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On 10/20/2015 3:25 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> Hi Ken,
>
> On Oct  6 16:41, Ken Brown wrote:
>> There have been several recent threads on the cygwin list stemming from the
>> permissions change in 1.7.34.  I've pointed people to the FAQ about ssh
>> public key authentication, which is not the first place where someone with
>> this problem is likely to look.  The following patch attempts to remedy
>> this:
>
> Unfortunately it doesn't apply cleanly.  There are weird differences in
> whitespaces and a patch-breaking line wrap.  Can you check and resend,
> please?

Sorry, my mailer must have messed it up.  Here it is as an attachment.

Ken


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From d073a456341cb58d92ce75c2b5b46e1d2a54ec09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 16:31:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] * winsup/doc/faq-using.xml (faq.using.same-with-permissions):
 New entry.

---
 winsup/doc/ChangeLog     |  4 ++++
 winsup/doc/faq-using.xml | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+)

diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
index 35935be..7e85a76 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-10-06  Ken Brown  <kbrown@cornell.edu>
+
+	* faq-using.xml (faq.using.same-with-permissions): New entry.
+
 2015-09-07  Brian Inglis  <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca>
 
 	* faq-using.xml (faq.using.man): Replace makewhatis with mandb.
diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml
index 7656880..4cfc822 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml
@@ -1183,6 +1183,48 @@ Users</computeroutput> group instead.</para>
 
 </answer></qandaentry>
 
+<qandaentry id="faq.using.same-with-permissions">
+<question><para>Why do my files have extra permissions after updating to Cygwin 1.7.34?</para></question>
+<answer>
+
+<para>The problem is exactly the same as with the key files of SSH.  See
+<xref linkend="faq.using.ssh-pubkey-stops-working"/>.</para>
+
+<para>The solution is the same:</para>
+
+<screen>
+  $ ls -l *
+  -rw-rwxr--+ 1 user group 42 Nov 12  2010 file1
+  -rw-rwxr--+ 1 user group 42 Nov 12  2010 file2
+  $ setfacl -b *
+  $ ls -l *
+  -rw-r--r--  1 user group 42 Nov 12  2010 file1
+  -rw-r--r--  1 user group 42 Nov 12  2010 file2
+</screen>
+
+<para>You may find that newly-created files also have unexpected
+permissions:</para>
+
+<screen>
+  $ touch foo
+  $ ls -l foo
+  -rw-rwxr--+ 1 user group 42 Nov 12  2010 foo
+</screen>
+
+<para>This probably means that the directory in which you're creating
+the files has unwanted default ACL entries that are inherited by
+newly-created files and subdirectories.  The solution is again the
+same:</para>
+
+<screen>
+  $ setfacl -b .
+  $ touch bar
+  $ ls -l bar
+  -rw-r--r--  1 user group 42 Nov 12  2010 bar
+</screen>
+
+</answer></qandaentry>
+
 <qandaentry id="faq.using.tcl-tk">
 <question><para>Why do my Tk programs not work anymore?</para></question>
 <answer>
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