Re: Too Many Permissions Stripped In 1.7.35?

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Mar  1 12:54, random user wrote:
> Thanks for the reply.  Seems we've maybe miscommunicated a bit tho.
> So not meaning to argue, just to try to clarify, let me try again:
> [...]
> I'm only wondering if showing the group mode as r-x in the last case
> above is best, vs continuing to show the group as ---, the same as it
> appeared before the chmod o+rwx.  Either seems reasonably accurate
> from p.o.v. of actual security since there can't be group members
> other than the user itself so the group can't be carrying any actual
> new permission for anyone.  But chmod o+<whatever> having a visible
> impact on the group bits seems surprising.

I got your point.  Please try the latest developer snapshot from
https://cygwin.com/snapshots/


Thanks,
Corinna

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