> From: Dave Caswell > To: cygwin > Cc: > Date: 2016/4/25, Mon 09:29 > Subject: Permission Problems > >T his is a followup to: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-03/msg00345.html > > To recap, making three nested directories on a non-C drive produces a > third level which is unusable. > > davec@MERCURYWIN ~/python > $ rm -rf g1 > davec@MERCURYWIN ~/python > $ mkdir g1 g1/g2 g1/g2/g3 > davec@MERCURYWIN ~/python > $ ls -la g1 g1/g2 g1/g2/g3 > g1: > total 12 > drwxrwxr-x+ 1 davec None 0 Mar 16 20:23 ./ > drwxrwx---+ 1 davec Users 0 Mar 16 20:23 ../ > drwsrwsr-t+ 1 davec None 0 Mar 16 20:23 g2/ > g1/g2: > total 0 > drwsrwsr-t+ 1 davec None 0 Mar 16 20:23 ./ > drwxrwxr-x+ 1 davec None 0 Mar 16 20:23 ../ > d--Srws--T+ 1 davec None 0 Mar 16 20:23 g3/ > ls: cannot open directory 'g1/g2/g3': Permission denied > > The problem went away with Cygwin 2.5.0-0.7 but is back with 2.5.1-1, > and goes away when I downgrade back to 2.5.0-1 > > More info: I tested on a couple of external drives and things worked > properly there. Can I have screwed up the permissions on my D drive > so that cygwin gets confused but Windows still works? > > thanks > Perhaps workaround is to use the beloe $ cygstart --action=runas (cygwin command)
In your case, $ cygstart --action=runas ls -la g1 g1/g2 g1/g2/g3 Tatsuro -- 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
