cygwin permissions problem on a network drive

[Lemke, Michael SZ/HZA-ZSW]

On October 21, 2011 12:55 PM Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>
>On Oct 21 12:15, Lemke, Michael  SZ/HZA-ZSW wrote:
>> On Friday, October 21, 2011 10:50 AM
>> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> >
>> >On Oct 20 18:58, gds wrote:
>> >> On 10/18/2011 08:52 AM, Lemke, Michael SZ/HZA-ZSW wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> >
>> >> >I know this an old thread but I am in exactly the same situation as
>> >> >the OP.  Access with 1.7.7 and before worked fine, 1.7.9 has this
>> >> >problem.  The workaround with explicit noacl option works for me but
>> >> >it is rather awkward as I have to work with a lot of servers.
>> >> >
>> 
>> So from the reply below I take it hasn't been fixed/worked
>> around in a snapshot.  But my experiments show something has
>
>Wrong.  It has been fixed in the snapshot.  1.7.9 tries to open the file
>with WRITE_DAC access which fails on some shares.  The snapshots won't
>do that anymore.

Excellent.  That explains my observations.

>
>> >I explained what the problem is already.  The buzzword is WRITE_DAC.
>> >Apparently you don't have permissions to change file permissions 
>> >on that share.  Cacls should show the exact layout of the file and
>> >directory DACLs.  Does `chmod' work for you?  It shouldn't either.
>> 
>> In my case that it true, chmod fails.
>
>Good!  That shows that my assumption is correct.
>
>> 
>> This is by design here.  IT wants it that way.
>
>Then "noacl' is the only way for you.

Unless I wait for the next release, right?

>> >
>> >Again, I don't know why this happens.  I can not reproduce this problem
>> >on my NTFS shares, other than by removing the WRITE_DAC permission from
>> >the affected files and directories.  If there's any way to fix or
>> >workaround it in Cygwin, somebody who has that problem has to hunt it
>> >down.
>> >
>> 
>> I am willing to try to hunt it down.  What do you want me to check?
>
>Check with your admin and ask how they make sure that you can't set
>permissions.  Did they just create a certain set of inheritable
>permissions or do they use some policy?  That is what I'd like to know.

I don't have a definitive answer yet but it looks like it's a
policy.  In Windows Explorer I have Full Access for the top level
dir.  That is inherited by every subdir and files.  But the security
entry is greyed out, also for subdirs.

Michael