Thanks, Larry. What I mean by external file is a file created by Windows (not created in the cygwin environment). Files that are writable in windows appear to be readonly (000) in the bash shell. I assume that because they're owned by me I can chmod them to modify them.
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin)<reply-to-list-only...@cygwin.com> wrote: > On 09/02/2009 05:30 PM, Vince Indriolo wrote: >> >> Is there a setting or issue that would result in all externally >> generated files in an NTFS filesystem to have 000 permissions? New >> files created in the shell appear to have the correct mask. However, >> I need to chmod every external file I want to modify. > > If the SIDs for the files don't match any of the current user on the > current system, then the POSIX permissions will be set to 000. So I > believe the question is, what does it mean to "externally" generate the > files? > >> Also, is it intended for my user account to have its primary group be >> 'None'? > > Yes. This seems to be a favorite group of Windows. ;-) > >> I am using cygwin 1.7 on Windows 7 Ultimate. Should I be running in >> compatibility mode? Should I install as administrator? > > I believe I installed with "Run as Administrator" on my W7 Ultamite home > install, which has "None" as my primary group and where I don't see the > problem you do. On the work machine, it's W7 Enterprise, though I don't > think that's significant. > > -- > 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 > > -- 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
