Re: Windows 2008 access to inetsrv directory

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

On 09/10/2014 10:59 AM, scotttinsley@ups.com wrote:
> I have been puzzling over why a cygwin bash shell cannot access the
> c:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\backup directory. I have added "Users" and
> "cyg_server" account to directory permissions. I still cannot cd to or copy
> from the backup sub-directory. I saw postings regarding accessing certain
> System32 files failing with 32-bit apps. I tried creating a file system
> Junction link to the inetsrv directory, still no luck.

Without knowing for sure, I'm going to guess that you're running on
64-bit Windows.  If that's the case, what you're seeing is not Cygwin-
specific.  It's the Windows file system redirector that keeps 32-bit
programs from accessing the ones in "System32" (oh the irony!)  If you
really want to do this, try looking down the c:\Windows\sysnative subtree
instead.


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Larry

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