On Nov 13 22:30, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Nov 13 14:09, Warren Young wrote: > > On Nov 13, 2014, at 2:33 AM, Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cyg...@cygwin.com> > > wrote: > > > > > On Nov 12 17:19, Warren Young wrote: > > >> > > >> I’m not advocating that step so early, but maybe if this breakup does > > >> happen, a few years later setup.exe can start applying some strong > > >> ACLs to files it writes. > > > > > > ??? What "strong" ACLs? > > > > The ones that are not there right now. :) > > > > Just to pick a random example: > > > > $ ls -l /bin/ls.exe > > -rwxrwxr-x 1 Warren None 116253 Oct 13 10:12 /bin/ls.exe > > > > The same file’s permissions, from Windows’ perspective: > > > > http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/ls-perms.png > > icacls output would be more helpful than a picture. > > However, this isn't really a problem. The group permissions are > apparently faked by Cygwin, they don't reflect the reality. I just > don't remember why this is done, it's probably old. Have to check...
Btw., I never saw this happen. Did you install for "just you", or in a non-elevated Setup? In my case the permissions make at least sense, even if my own account still has full access: $ ls -l /bin/ls.exe -rwxr-xr-x 1 corinna vinschen 116253 Oct 13 18:12 /bin/ls.exe Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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