ls reports different permissions for the same file, depending on whether I provide a Windows-form path or a UNIX-form path: $ /bin/ls -ldi c:/apps/amq-versions/amq.12.1.0-RC42/conf /cygdrive/c/apps/amq-versions/amq.12.1.0-RC42/conf 7318349394635879 drwxrwxrwx+ 1 tboemker Domain Users 0 Sep 12 07:56 /cygdrive/c/apps/amq-versions/amq.12.1.0-RC42/conf 7318349394635879 drwxr-xr-x 1 tboemker Domain Users 0 Sep 12 07:56 c:/apps/amq-versions/amq.12.1.0-RC42/conf $ /bin/ls --version ls (GNU coreutils) 8.15 Packaged by Cygwin (8.15-1) ... Am I missing something, or is this a bug? Thanks, Tim