[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: git-1.7.0.4-2, git{k,-gui,-completion,-svn}-1.7.0.4-2

Larry Hall (Cygwin) reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com
Sun Apr 11 20:27:00 GMT 2010


On 4/11/2010 10:38 AM, Frédéric Bron wrote:
>> Switch to NTFS and set the permissions you need where you need them
>> to the well-known SID of world/Everyone?
>
> I have formatted my disk to ntfs. Then I have removed everybody from
> permissions and added only Everyone with total control.
> When I create a file in windows on this drive : permissions are just
> the same, i.e. Everyone=total control.
> However, when I create a file from cygwin (1.7) with
> $ touch foo
> I get the following permissions:
> Domain Users = Read
> MySelf = Read/Write
> Everybody = Read
>
> So Everybody has not total control and I am sure I will have trouble
> on another computer.
> What should I do? Should I mount this disk differently? Currently I
> use the default via /cygdrive/?

Set umask to 000?

-- 
Larry Hall                              http://www.rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
216 Dalton Rd.                          (508) 893-9889 - FAX
Holliston, MA 01746

_____________________________________________________________________

A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

--
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple



More information about the Cygwin mailing list