Re: Fwd: Windows File permissions are not being inherited - Cygwin 1.7 - Windows 7

[Vasya Pupkin <cygwin at bsrealm dot net>]

Nothing can overcome thins until setup.exe is modified to support
noacl option in /etc/fstab or get a similar comman line parameter or
even a checkbox.

On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Harie Ram <hari.ram66@gmail.com> wrote:
> Do creating any entries in /etc/passwd Âor /etc/group or /etc/fstab
> files can overcome this...
>
> Thanks
>
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Vasya Pupkin <cygwin@bsrealm.net> wrote:
>> Cygwin uses NTFS ACLs to imitate POSIX style permissions. It can also
>> be configured to not touch ACL's at all, but setup program ignores
>> that and messes up permissions every time something is
>> installed/updated.
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Rolf Campbell
>> <rcampbell-cygwin@dragonwaveinc.com> wrote:
>>> On 2010-09-01 04:00, Harie Ram wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The issue that I am currently facing is : the modify permissions given
>>>> to the INSTALLDIR "C:\Cygwin" using the msi lock permission table is
>>>> being inherited through all the subfolders and files. Any new manually
>>>> created folders and files anywhere within C:\Cygwin via Windows
>>>> explorer or via the Cygwin Bash Shell are inheriting permissions. But
>>>> any new installations done by the user by choosing a package from the
>>>> Cygwin list are not inheriting the permissions. The installed user who
>>>> installs the package has full permissions to delete/modify the folder
>>>> and its contents . But the local admin/administrator/system does not
>>>> have permissions. It gives an access denied error. These 3 user groups
>>>> administrators/system/users are not even being listed in the security
>>>> properties of those installed folders.
>>>
>>> AFAIK, Cygwin uses POSIX style file permissions, which do not support any
>>> type of inherited file permissions.
>>>
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