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Re: //UNC/ paths problem


On Sep 27 14:30, Wladimir Mutel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We have 2 separate Win2k8 R2 x64 server systems (without domain, and
> both regularly updated from Windows Update). On each of these
> systems, we have some file shares which we access from other system.
> I noticed that when I start Cygwin shell session with Administrator
> rights, I can't access UNC paths anymore.

This is not a Cygwin problem.  This is how Windows UAC works by default.
There's a registry key which you can set to override the behaviour:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee844140%28WS.10%29.aspx


Corinna

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