From: Thomas Wolff <towo@towo.net>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Windows 10 Creators Update and Symlinks
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 22:09:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0a3ba66a-9767-a148-1b7b-653d64b141eb@towo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5347030c-6a88-9b15-570f-0a62e7d6410b@secure-endpoints.com>
Am 13.04.2017 um 06:29 schrieb Jeffrey Altman:
> When Developer mode is enabled the elevation requirement for symlink
> creation is disabled:
>
> https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2016/12/02/symlinks-windows-10/#DXz6icKZOkEozgYR.97
>
> This was necessary for symlink creation within WSL to work.
I understand that blog so that at the API, with the respective flag set,
this would also work without the need to previously set developer mode.
Maybe something that cygwin could use?
Thomas
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-04-13 13:27 Jeffrey Altman
2017-04-23 22:09 ` Thomas Wolff [this message]
[not found] <4b5447f2-a1fe-925e-5e3d-6692347374ad@kit.edu>
2017-04-23 21:13 ` Till Riedel
2017-04-24 4:16 ` Brian Inglis
2017-04-24 16:09 ` Corinna Vinschen
2017-04-24 20:58 ` Corinna Vinschen
2017-04-25 1:46 ` David Macek
2017-04-25 5:26 ` Corinna Vinschen
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