From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 56275 invoked by alias); 7 Dec 2016 20:12:06 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 56254 invoked by uid 89); 7 Dec 2016 20:12:06 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=granular, H*i:sk:CAGpXXZ, H*i:sk:2D3Bw@m, H*i:kj5XudS71r0Mw X-HELO: mail-wm0-f52.google.com Received: from mail-wm0-f52.google.com (HELO mail-wm0-f52.google.com) (74.125.82.52) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 07 Dec 2016 20:12:04 +0000 Received: by mail-wm0-f52.google.com with SMTP id t79so184737019wmt.0 for ; Wed, 07 Dec 2016 12:12:04 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to; bh=A1yOV8ex1JpGzOnN9HJd3DernVtLXpHComDjLftbBsk=; b=htvzqzT1HK9JGYpSS3d+8ZsDgqWcoyJStnktN8+ec9MsKTm5W+R5G0INgma+fjBk77 SjfovI/MKU3sYWpmS+Qn8vtDZs7xTTgBP1gi9K2JiXmHxE1FmkC8BeqMco/6xNY+a9wF +NWxKKlpwAq4H4bx5q/1DVhTwimYiGmCOJAlL42rMLm6MUuKK6TwWMEvIXBoHq1aHGR2 BWKtPP3xFgRZPMtK2ZFa+82kEU4hFq5uNnhJhimpohP5lTN4PRsudDG+mhYBJgYEirvy VhZE5INBMIU8xfOCMOTbkMPT/6uB5Hdtj63iYr5ykXqNg/ECQfkfPTJPi1mKp0BXyHja O2qQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AKaTC01HczSC5bEKg3VrqE+ThXudL49jFikKim6/Ahzm747H+qs52THwXJ0M8qK6uSCuqtMwpi6/fNdFOhXX5g== X-Received: by 10.46.71.210 with SMTP id u201mr32125290lja.69.1481141522445; Wed, 07 Dec 2016 12:12:02 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.114.224.233 with HTTP; Wed, 7 Dec 2016 12:12:01 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Erik Soderquist Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 20:12:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: permission question To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2016-12/txt/msg00063.txt.bz2 > I really like cygwin and have used it for a decade plus. Only in the > last year or 18-months have I noticed significant permission issues > that slow down my workflow. > > Copying these folders/files from one drive to another is a task I'd > like to accomplish, but even more importantly I'd like to understand > how to work with permissions in cygwin. As it is, I'm concerned I > will have to leave cygwin behind and I don't want to do that. I've been a Windows and Linux admin for years, and Windows permissions can be a pain, but can also be very granular. What I normally do for something like this is use robocopy's "backup mode" switch to bypass permissions on the source entirely and intentionally not copy the permissions to the destination, then set up the permissions I want on the destination after the copy is complete. The "backup mode" option requires either backup operator or local admin permissions to use. -- Erik -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple