On Dec 17 13:06, john doe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to understand why a copied file from 'C:\' into
> /home/user/try doesn't have the permissions set for 'other' (see below).

POSIX "other" == Windows "Everyone".  Windows default permissions
typically don't give permissions to "Everyone".  Thus POSIX "other"
has no permissions by default after copying such a file.


Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Maintainer