From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" To: Sebastien Barre Cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: [HELP] stat(), file permission, r/w access : i'm LOST :( Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 19:45:00 -0000 Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19990301174320.0098ad30@pop.ma.ultranet.com> References: <3.0.3.32.19990301163809.00994e00@pop.ma.ultranet.com> <4.1.19990301211226.016b1250@mail.club-internet.fr> <4.1.19990301145716.017379b0@mail.club-internet.fr> <36DA3AD8.2047C010@uni-duesseldorf.de> <4.1.19990301024703.01bbe6d0@mail.club-internet.fr> <4.1.19990301232226.01717350@mail.club-internet.fr> X-SW-Source: 1999-03n/msg00015.html Message-ID: <19990331194500.xc7zVEACE9bHYVGDhCMs--hbK8r7vc3ePdik0pIoPgw@z> At 11:27 PM 3/1/99 +0100, Sebastien Barre wrote: >> This has been discussed many times on this list and is an NTism. > >Is there a workaround ? I mean, if this is a know bug, is there a way to >fix it in the cygwin sources ? > Workarounds? You might try removing yourself from Administrators group. This may do the trick. Alternatively, you can change your umask so that write permision is given to everyone. That should solve it too. Fixing the bug in the source is also possible. I know Corinna has been doing some work with making permissions track more closely with UNIX style. I'm not sure whether his changes will help in this arena... Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (781) 239-1053 8 Grove Street (781) 239-1655 Wellesley, MA, 02482-7797 http://www.rfk.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com