From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sebastien Barre To: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" 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 Message-id: <4.1.19990301232226.01717350@mail.club-internet.fr> In-reply-to: < 3.0.3.32.19990301163809.00994e00@pop.ma.ultranet.com > References: <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> <3.0.3.32.19990301163809.00994e00@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-03/msg00013.html 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/ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sebastien Barre To: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" 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: <4.1.19990301232226.01717350@mail.club-internet.fr> References: <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> <3.0.3.32.19990301163809.00994e00@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-03n/msg00013.html Message-ID: <19990331194500.hE8iam2SZZ2LLxCixLkaxKBEitbSuS91O3ci9JKFKHw@z> 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/ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com