From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ciao.gmane.io (ciao.gmane.io [159.69.161.202]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 51701388C022 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2020 18:43:02 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 51701388C022 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=thorstenkampe.de Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=goc-cygwin@m.gmane-mx.org Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jn4vl-000T63-7v for cygwin@cygwin.com; Sun, 21 Jun 2020 20:43:01 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Thorsten Kampe Subject: Re: Files and folders created with invalid ACL Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2020 20:42:55 +0200 Message-ID: References: <2671dec4-b4e5-e687-7d82-4c465b1231b6@cs.umass.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/3.0.4 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP, URI_HEX autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2020 18:43:03 -0000 * Eliot Moss (Sun, 21 Jun 2020 14:10:21 -0400) > > On 6/21/2020 1:56 PM, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm experiencing the issue described here[1]: files and folders > > created with Cygwin utilities like touch and mkdir have an > > incorrect ACL ("The access control list (ACL) structure is > > invalid (os error 1336)"). > > > > icacls test.txt /verify > > test.txt: Ace entries not in canonical order. > > > > Interestingly the issue does not occur with files created in > > the user's Cygwin home directory but - for instance - in the > > Documents folder of the user's Windows profile. > > > > This is a fresh Cygwin installation on a test system. Has > > anyone found a solution? > > > > [1] http://cygwin.1069669.n5.nabble.com/Issues-with-ACL- > > settings-after-updating-to-the-latest-cygwin-dll-td124123.html > > This is normal, and has to do with how Cygwin arranges to model, > within the Windows ACL permissions system, some features of the > Posix permissions system. Don't "fix" the ACLs - that can make > the Posix functionality break. While the entries are not in > canonical order, they work fine :-) ... "The access control list (ACL) structure is invalid (os error 1336". That's an error and not a cosmetic issue. Other tools from the Unix world do not work fine with files that have an invalid ACL: Thorsten