Achim Gratz wrote: > > D. Boland writes: > > I think I have new information on the stealing of ownership. Below test has > > been > > performed on the Apache folder, placed in the Windows Program Files folder > > by the > > Apache msi installer: > > > > "/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Apache Group/Apache2/" > > > > But if I perform the same test in my Cygwin home directory, vi behaves > > beautifully. > > > > So, I was thinking this difference must be related to the Windows ACL > > assigments on > > the "Program Files" folder. > > If you are operating as a normal user on this folder, you aren't > actually editing the files you think you see there, the whole contents > is virtualized by UAC and redirected to your own personal copy on edit. > If you want to keep your sanity, do not place anything that you intend > to edit / change as a normal user into system directories on Win7 (that > includes Cygwin itself). > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb756960.aspx > > Regards, > Achim.
Thanks for this input. So Apache should be put in a folder, outside the windows special folders, like: /cygdrive/c/Apache2 This seems to be the default for most open source distributions: cygwin, perl, msys, mingw, even xampp. I am still wondering, though, why the Apache Foundation wants it in the "Program Files" folder. You all are right in saying that the Apache .msi is a "hybrid" configuration. I guess, maybe it's better to just use the Apache installation provided by CygWin... I also found out about "cygrunsrv". This makes Linux daemons run Windows-native. Very nice. Thanks again for your input, Daniel -- 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
