Installer cannot write to Cygwin's /usr/local/etc

[Marco Atzeri]

On 16/02/2014 09:57, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, Marco Atzeri!
>
>>>> However you can check the Windows ACL with
>>>
>>>> $ cd /usr/local
>>>
>>>> /usr/local
>>>> $ getfacl bin
>>>
>>> I would say, if you want to see _windows_ permissions, you need to use cacls.
>>> gerfacl only show POSIX approximation of windows permissions.
>>>
>>>
>
>> correct.
>
>> Curious however
>>    NOTE: Cacls is now deprecated, please use Icacls.
>
>> but the two provide a slight different outputs:
>
> I have no access to my Win7 box right now (I've somehow managed to lock my
> account while experimenting with `net user' command in the light of new Cygwin
> functionality, and being swamped by ongoing work load decided to postpone
> investigation... though it is probably worth a warning...)
> What icacls says about "X" meaning? (That seems to be the only difference?)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753525.aspx

RX (read and execute access)
R (read-only access)

>
> (BTW, you can specify multiple objects for [i]cacls to inspect at once.)
>
>>     $ Icacls etc
>> etc GE-MATZERI-EU\0356EU:(F)
>>       BUILTIN\Administrators:(RX)
>>       Everyone:(RX)
>>       CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F)
>>       CREATOR GROUP:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX)
>>       Everyone:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX)
>

regards
MArco


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