Corinna Vinschen sent the following at Wednesday, August 18, 2010 4:43 AM > >That usually just means you don't have admin privs.
For the archive: That is indeed the case. >Here's the actual problem: > cygdrive prefix / system binary,noacl,posix=0,auto > >The cygdrive prefix is set to the mount option "noacl". So the >output from getfacl or ls or stat for this directory shows just fake >permissions based on the DOS R/O flag. > >You're not an admin, so you're not allowed to write to this directory, >see the cacls output. However, since the cygdrive prefix is mounted >with "noacl", Cygwin tools just don't know it. With "acl", I had been getting annoying error messages about copying permissions with "cp -p" on some network drives, so I switched everything to "noacl". I'll try switching back to "acl", testing for error messages, and going to "noacl" only on drives that seem to have problems. Thanks for your input. - Barry Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.
