access() function in 1.7

access() function in 1.7

[David Billinghurst]

I am having a problem with the access() function in cygwin-1.7.
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38956

$ touch foobar_file
$ chmod a-w foobar_file

$ cat test_access.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main (void) {
   char *file="foobar_file";
   int m = W_OK;
   printf("access = %d\n",access(file,m));
}

$ touch foobar_file
$ chmod a-w foobar_file

Under cygwin-1.5
$ ./test_access
access = -1

Under cygwin-1.7
$  ./test_access.exe
access = -1




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Re: access() function in 1.7

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Jan 24 18:40, David Billinghurst wrote:
> I am having a problem with the access() function in cygwin-1.7.
> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38956
>[...]
> Under cygwin-1.5
> $ ./test_access
> access = -1
>
> Under cygwin-1.7
> $  ./test_access.exe
> access = -1

I assume you mean "access = 0" under 1.7.  If that's what you see, the
test probably works as designed.  You're running the test under an
administrative account.  Admin accounts have always the right to write,
same as under Linux.  


Corinna

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Re: access() function in 1.7

[David Billinghurst]

Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Jan 24 18:40, David Billinghurst wrote:
>> I am having a problem with the access() function in cygwin-1.7.
>> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38956
>> [...]
>> Under cygwin-1.5
>> $ ./test_access
>> access = -1
>>
>> Under cygwin-1.7
>> $  ./test_access.exe
>> access = -1
> 
> I assume you mean "access = 0" under 1.7.  If that's what you see, the
> test probably works as designed.  You're running the test under an
> administrative account.  Admin accounts have always the right to write,
> same as under Linux.  
> 
> 
> Corinna
> 

The account does have Local Administrator rights.  Thank you for the 
explanation.

	David

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