RE: Windows 2008 access to inetsrv directory

[<scotttinsley at ups dot com>]

Yes, this is Cygwin running on a Windows 2008/R2, 64-bit server. 


C:\Windows\sysnative?? Are you referring to c:\Windows\SysWOW64? Using the Windows CMD shell or Cygwin bash shell, I do see there is a C:\windows\syswow64\inetsrv directory. But it does not contain, or list, the "backup" directory.  

-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 8:07 PM
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Windows 2008 access to inetsrv directory

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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