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From: Sebastien Barre <Sebastien.Barre@utc.fr>
To: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall@rfk.com>
Cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: [HELP] stat(), file permission, r/w access : i'm LOST :(
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 14:34:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4.1.19990301232226.01717350@mail.club-internet.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: < 3.0.3.32.19990301163809.00994e00@pop.ma.ultranet.com >

At 16:38 01/03/99 -0500, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:

>This is a known bug.

Arghh.

>testing for file permissions will not return "yes"
>unless that permission is given to everyone.  This may be related to the
>fact that you are the "Administrator" (see below).

>544 is the "Administrator" group, which is used as the UID of everyone in
>that group.

But shall be used as GID instead.

> 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 ?

Thanks for your help

______________________________________________________________
Sebastien Barre                  http://www.hds.utc.fr/~barre/

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From: Sebastien Barre <Sebastien.Barre@utc.fr>
To: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall@rfk.com>
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	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4.1.19990301232226.01717350@mail.club-internet.fr> (raw)
Message-ID: <19990331194500.hE8iam2SZZ2LLxCixLkaxKBEitbSuS91O3ci9JKFKHw@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19990301163809.00994e00@pop.ma.ultranet.com>

At 16:38 01/03/99 -0500, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:

>This is a known bug.

Arghh.

>testing for file permissions will not return "yes"
>unless that permission is given to everyone.  This may be related to the
>fact that you are the "Administrator" (see below).

>544 is the "Administrator" group, which is used as the UID of everyone in
>that group.

But shall be used as GID instead.

> 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 ?

Thanks for your help

______________________________________________________________
Sebastien Barre                  http://www.hds.utc.fr/~barre/

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  parent reply	other threads:[~1999-03-01 14:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-02-28 16:22 Cygwin participation threshold Christopher G. Faylor
     [not found] ` < 199903010022.QAA07416@rtl.cygnus.com >
1999-02-28 17:52   ` mySQL, mSQL, PostgreSQL with cygwin ? Sebastien Barre
1999-02-28 23:02     ` Stipe Tolj
1999-03-01  6:09       ` Sebastien Barre
     [not found]         ` < 4.1.19990301145716.017379b0@mail.club-internet.fr >
1999-03-01 13:28           ` [HELP] stat(), file permission, r/w access : i'm LOST :( Sebastien Barre
     [not found]             ` < 4.1.19990301211226.016b1250@mail.club-internet.fr >
1999-03-01 13:42               ` Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
     [not found]                 ` < 3.0.3.32.19990301163809.00994e00@pop.ma.ultranet.com >
1999-03-01 14:34                   ` Sebastien Barre [this message]
     [not found]                     ` < 4.1.19990301232226.01717350@mail.club-internet.fr >
1999-03-01 14:47                       ` Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
     [not found]                         ` < 3.0.3.32.19990301174320.0098ad30@pop.ma.ultranet.com >
1999-03-02  1:02                           ` Sebastien Barre
1999-03-02  3:26                             ` Heinz-Jürgen Oertel
1999-03-31 19:45                               ` Heinz-Jürgen Oertel
     [not found]                             ` < 4.1.19990302094806.016bc410@mail.club-internet.fr >
1999-03-02 23:55                               ` Geoffrey Noer
1999-03-31 19:45                                 ` Geoffrey Noer
1999-03-31 19:45                             ` Sebastien Barre
1999-03-02  3:04                           ` Lassi A. Tuura
1999-03-31 19:45                             ` Lassi A. Tuura
1999-03-06  2:49                           ` Sebastien Barre
     [not found]                             ` < 4.1.19990305214515.016caba0@mail.club-internet.fr >
1999-03-06 11:04                               ` Larry Hall
1999-03-31 19:45                                 ` Larry Hall
1999-03-31 19:45                             ` Sebastien Barre
1999-03-31 19:45                         ` Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
1999-03-31 19:45                     ` Sebastien Barre
1999-03-31 19:45                 ` Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
1999-03-01 13:55             ` John Fortin
     [not found]               ` < 36DB0B4F.8FC8757@ibm.net >
1999-03-01 14:33                 ` Sebastien Barre
     [not found]                   ` < 4.1.19990301232512.01714e60@mail.club-internet.fr >
1999-03-01 14:39                     ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-31 19:45                       ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-31 19:45                   ` Sebastien Barre
1999-03-31 19:45               ` John Fortin
1999-03-31 19:45             ` Sebastien Barre
1999-03-07  9:11         ` mySQL, mSQL, PostgreSQL with cygwin ? Stipe Tolj
1999-03-31 19:45           ` Stipe Tolj
1999-03-31 19:45         ` Sebastien Barre
1999-02-28 23:02     ` Sebastien Barre
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Cygwin participation threshold Christopher G. Faylor

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