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Re: `setfacl -m u:jdoe:rwx foo` returns 0, but file not writable by jdoe??
On Jan 7 14:18, Tom Rodman wrote:
> On Sun 1/7/07 12:23 +0100 cygwin@cygwin.com wrote:
> > On Jan 5 13:34, Tom Rodman wrote:
> > > setfacl -m u:jdoe:rwx foo
> > >
> > > Above command returns 0 but jdoe can not write. The cause appears to
> > > be that the windows RO file attribute is not unset by setfacl.
> >
> > I see the point. That old DOS R/O attribute is SO crappy on a file
> > system which supports real permissions. Oh well...
>
> theory - these 2 steps will make *any* windows NTFS file,
> no matter what it's owner, group, perms, or file attributes are,
> writable by user "jdoe" (assuming it's not "in use"):
>
> setfacl -m u:jdoe:rwx foo
> # running as administrator "jdoe"
> cmd /c attrib -R foo
> # setacl step above allows the 'attrib' to work for user "jdoe"
>
> I appreciate the power in setfacl. :->
I've applied a patch to Cygwin yesterday which resets the R/O attribute
if one ACE sets write permission.
Corinna
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