From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 55219 invoked by alias); 19 Apr 2018 11:59:01 -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 55209 invoked by uid 89); 19 Apr 2018 11:59:01 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,KAM_INFOUSMEBIZ,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=D*info, H*c:alternative, card, hesitate X-HELO: mail-vk0-f43.google.com Received: from mail-vk0-f43.google.com (HELO mail-vk0-f43.google.com) (209.85.213.43) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Thu, 19 Apr 2018 11:58:59 +0000 Received: by mail-vk0-f43.google.com with SMTP id v205so2981132vkv.13 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2018 04:58:59 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:from:date:message-id:subject :to; bh=Po9SDJYPx0f+ElDkeJoBZvR4I2bQHp8ptJcjSvTw5LQ=; b=EyUEOs97Waxt96mgEdtTYZilT57oHbijsZYAaIwKgvjlldqVUVVXV9m4aVcjcvVRwV mJktuax3uUD0QRfEkJGBQC6PHUbPd4eqNum0sIfjnF+eZPJrLS+igMITYQH63epm68Q9 YXGN0CKIKj5WfdICmLpPv4Ks61Sa1YeD/jnCziKP+MckjuMTT/YCofEcXPx6NZrADrIj ne73J1D6LwHScPaheSt1l79udmjfqTdqeaDp2AvhpvCQN/L2ebnyazL2lz05pb3UPsv2 lioBEMzw2dowSKuxXiWyi1r00plHeYgnxYTs7u47rzJDDbOgfIJnqvLJWdQs+TA78uAT OQ1A== X-Gm-Message-State: ALQs6tDMEjaVrJNCizOy+mwcMaJ7QhJcxBWoPi1OUQkuQoWA4a0U8YWR F39CNgg2k/grQXY6JblfAJxDd7jLGhuhKm1aynY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AIpwx4/bHBdn6f1MSUcvRkJqiD2dyBE6uFBUGejPpJB2aKMvBoe8xcZWV95P3tU3NKNlOaLnd3sV0L/+ifq8GWN2VH4= X-Received: by 10.31.174.17 with SMTP id x17mr4126475vke.52.1524139137497; Thu, 19 Apr 2018 04:58:57 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.176.65.199 with HTTP; Thu, 19 Apr 2018 04:58:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Vincent Gheur Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 11:59:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Issue when trying to access files on a locked BitLocker volume To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-SW-Source: 2018-04/txt/msg00232.txt.bz2 Hi, There are indeed several workarounds to this issue (this is why I'm not waiting for a fix), but I thought it was worth mentioning the problem, as I suspect other incorrect behaviors to be caused by the underlying issue. Thanks for your answer ! Vincent On 19 April 2018 at 13:38, Vincent Gheur wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using a Bitlocker encrypted SD card, which stays most of the time in > my laptop, but is generally not unlocked. I'm unlocking it only when I need > to access files on it. > > I have also a script which is started at regular intervals, which copies > some critical files on the SD card when it is unlocked. I was using till > recently a *very* old version of cygwin (probably downloaded 10 years ago), > in which I could check whether my SD card was unlocked or not by using *if > [ -d ]*. I have downloaded a new version of cygwin in > January, as I migrated to Windows 10 and was encountering some issues with > it. Since I upgraded, this test is not working anymore. When the SD card is > unlocked, testing " -d " returns TRUE. It returns FALSE when I do > the same test on a non Bitlocker volume for a non-existent folder (which is > the expected behaviour). > > I guess there are probably other issues related to accessing locked > Bitlocker volumes. > > > If someone is wanting to solve this, don't hesitate to contact me if you > need more details or if you want me to make tests. > > > Kind regards, > > Vincent > > -- 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