permissions and ACLs

[Holger Krull]

Ken Senior schrieb:
> Btw, to further help diagnose, I notice the "read-only" box is shaded 
> and checked for the C:\cygwin directory.  I have repeatedly (as 
> administrator on the machine) tried to uncheck this box.  The dialog at 
> first appears to let me uncheck it, but when I go back into the dialog, 
> the "read-only" box is still checked, and shaded.  Some other sentient 
> entity is stubbornly controlling permissions on this directory.  You 
> would think administrator on the machine can do what he wants, but alas 
> no!  -K

That doesn't mean the has to be readonly. The readonly box in explorer isn't a reliable way to determine the settings on file/directory. Having some inherited rights seems to trigger that display. Ask the programmers of explorer about that.
To view the permissions on a file/directory use cmd.exe with attrib and cacls.



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